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Low 42 Bitcoin

sweep: add missing output to the weight estimation

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What the developer wrote

Authored by ziggie

65/100 · Adequate
sweep: add missing output to the weight estimation

When overlay channels are used the extra output needs to be
considered.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit fixes a bug in LND's transaction fee estimation when 'overlay channels' are used. Previously, the code forgot to count an extra output when estimating how large (and therefore how expensive) the sweep transaction would be. That could lead to paying too little in fees, making the transaction slow to confirm, or in edge cases disrupt the sweep. The fix adds the missing output to the weight estimate and adds tests to confirm the behavior.

Recommended action

Treat as a routine correctness fix. Review whether the underestimated fee could have caused any sweep transactions to become stuck in mempools under low-fee conditions, and consider backporting to releases that include overlay-channel support. No emergency response is indicated by the diff alone.

Security signals we found

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Incorrect transaction weight estimation leading to underpaid fees

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Potential transaction delay or stuck sweep when overlay channels are used

03

Fee-bumping logic may operate from an underestimated base fee

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No direct funds loss or cryptographic weakness in the diff

Risk score

Why this scored 42/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 12/30
Exploitability 8/25
Stealth signal 6/15
Affected reach 7/15
Confidence 6/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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