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Low 46 Cryptographic libraries

wallet2: sanitize untrusted daemon status in sweep unmixable

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Authored by selsta

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wallet2: sanitize untrusted daemon status in sweep unmixable
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit changes how a Monero wallet handles error status codes returned by a remote daemon during a cleanup operation called 'sweep unmixable.' Previously, the wallet trusted the daemon's raw status response. Now it passes that status through a helper that treats certain errors differently when the daemon is not trusted. This is a hardening fix: a malicious or compromised remote node could potentially return a misleading status code that the wallet would treat as a fatal error, possibly disrupting the operation or influencing wallet behavior. The patch narrows what the wallet believes from an untrusted daemon.

Recommended action

Treat as a security hardening fix. Review whether other RPC calls in wallet2.cpp still pass raw resp_t.status to THROW_ON_RPC_RESPONSE_ERROR when interacting with untrusted daemons, and apply the same get_rpc_status(m_trusted_daemon, ...) pattern consistently. Users should upgrade wallets and avoid marking unknown remote daemons as trusted.

Security signals we found

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Untrusted daemon input used in error-handling decision

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RPC response status sanitized before being passed to error macro

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Pattern consistent with other wallet2 hardening against malicious remote nodes

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No explicit vulnerability description or CVE in commit materials

Risk score

Why this scored 46/100

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