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Informational 17 Bitcoin

Remove HexPrimitive use in ScriptBuf::from_hex_prefixed

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Mitchell Bagot

73/100 · Adequate
Remove HexPrimitive use in ScriptBuf::from_hex_prefixed

Recently, HexPrimitive was used to provide alloc-less decoding of
ScriptBuf in the from_hex_prefixed function on ScriptBuf. With the
stabilisation of consensus_encoding and the alloc-less hex decoding
there, the use of HexPrimitive can be eliminated in favor of a single
call to encoding::decode_from_hex. Further, this eliminates the
single-use error type FromHexError entirely.

Remove script::FromHexError and replace use of HexPrimitive with
consensus_encoding hex decoding for ScriptBuf::from_hex_prefixed.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a routine internal cleanup in the rust-bitcoin library. It removes a custom error type and switches one function to use a newer, shared hex-decoding path. There is no indication this fixes a security bug; it is a refactoring change.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as a normal API/dependency refactor. Reviewers may want to confirm the new `encoding::FromHexError` exposes equivalent error information for downstream users.

Security signals we found

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No security-relevant keywords in commit title or message

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No bug-fix or vulnerability description present

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Refactoring-only change: removes dead error type and consolidates decoding path

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No changes to cryptographic, consensus, or script validation logic

Risk score

Why this scored 17/100

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Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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