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Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6766: bitcoin: make legacy sighash takes `EcdsaSighashType`

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Authored by Andrew Poelstra

91/100 · Strong
Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6766: bitcoin: make legacy sighash takes `EcdsaSighashType`

7cffa4621b1a8ccb2219848fd9a8c576fe4de20c bitcoin: make legacy sighash takes `EcdsaSighashType` (jrakibi)

Pull request description:

Currently the legacy sighash API takes a u32 for sighash type.
Now that `EcdsaSighashType` can also represent non-standard values, we can change it to take EcdsaSighashType instead.

Closes https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/issues/1657


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apoelstra:
ACK 7cffa4621b1a8ccb2219848fd9a8c576fe4de20c; successfully ran local tests
tcharding:
ACK 7cffa4621b1a8ccb2219848fd9a8c576fe4de20c


Tree-SHA512: cd7482de41dc3d88a348fd269821d656aec00c74eda3caea1eb114d4aa0ab673c9d6f286e16db5d592360c89b3c1acad757544d13e93dd7ba8776de7476909f1
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This is a routine API cleanup in a Bitcoin library written in Rust. It changes the legacy signature-hash functions so they accept a dedicated EcdsaSighashType value instead of a raw u32 number. The change is type-system only: callers must now pass a typed value, but the library still supports unusual/non-standard sighash values through a special variant. There is no direct security bug being fixed here; it is a code-quality and type-safety improvement.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as a normal API refactor. Downstream users updating to this version will need to change legacy sighash calls from raw u32 values to EcdsaSighashType values (e.g., EcdsaSighashType::All or EcdsaSighashType::from_consensus(...)).

Security signals we found

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Type narrowing: replaces raw u32 sighash_type parameter with strongly typed EcdsaSighashType

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Non-standard sighash values explicitly retained via EcdsaSighashType::NonStandard

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No change to hashing logic or consensus rules in the diff

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No mention of vulnerability, CVE, bug bounty, or security advisory in commit or PR description

Risk score

Why this scored 19/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 1/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 3/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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