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Moderate 59 Cryptographic libraries

simplewallet: validate get_outs response size

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Authored by selsta

45/100 · Thin
simplewallet: validate get_outs response size
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a safety check in Monero's command-line wallet. When the wallet asks the network node (daemon) for details about certain transaction outputs, it now verifies that the daemon actually returned the same number of results that were requested. Without this check, a malicious or buggy daemon could return fewer (or conceivably different) output records than expected, which might cause the wallet to misread ring member data when displaying or analyzing transactions. The patch is small and defensive; it does not by itself prove an exploitable vulnerability, but it closes a trust boundary gap between the wallet and the daemon.

Recommended action

Treat as a hardening fix with possible security relevance. Review whether other wallet RPC consumers perform similar response-size validation, and consider adding analogous checks to wallet2 and any GUI wallet paths that call get_outs. No CVE or advisory is supplied; do not assign one without vendor confirmation.

Security signals we found

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Missing input/response validation at a daemon-wallet trust boundary

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Potential for a malicious daemon to influence wallet ring-member processing via malformed RPC response

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Defensive size check added after RPC call

Risk score

Why this scored 59/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 18/30
Exploitability 14/25
Stealth signal 8/15
Affected reach 10/15
Confidence 6/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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