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Critical 90 Bitcoin

Add CHANGELOG entries for 0.1 patch releases

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Matt Corallo

45/100 · Thin
Add CHANGELOG entries for 0.1 patch releases
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component! No meaningful explanatory body
The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit only adds text to the project's CHANGELOG, summarizing what was already fixed in prior 0.1.x patch releases. It does not change any code. However, the changelog text itself discloses several serious security bugs that were fixed in those earlier releases, including vulnerabilities that could allow loss of funds, denial of service, and forced channel closures. Because the commit is a documentation-only disclosure of already-patched security issues, the code change itself is harmless, but the changelog content is highly security-relevant.

Recommended action

No code change requires action, but operators should review the disclosed vulnerabilities and ensure they are running rust-lightning 0.1.7 or a version containing the listed fixes. The changelog should be monitored for follow-up security advisories or CVE assignments.

Security signals we found

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CHANGELOG documents prior funds-theft vulnerability in force-closed channel claim transaction generation

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CHANGELOG documents prior denial-of-service vulnerability via unfunded ChannelMonitor accumulation

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CHANGELOG documents prior reserve-overdraft / commitment-fee theft vulnerability

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CHANGELOG documents prior zero-reserve anchor channel funds-theft vulnerability

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CHANGELOG documents prior UTF-8 truncation panic in BOLT12 invoice request handling

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CHANGELOG documents prior DoS force-closure of unrelated channels via revoked commitment broadcast

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Security relevance is explicitly stated by the vendor in the changelog text

Risk score

Why this scored 90/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 30/30
Exploitability 20/25
Stealth signal 10/15
Affected reach 15/15
Confidence 10/10
Evidence quality 5/5
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