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ln: no longer support claims with missing counterparty_node_id

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Carla Kirk-Cohen

73/100 · Adequate
ln: no longer support claims with missing counterparty_node_id

Move handling of payment replay into its own function and deprecate
old code that handled missing counterparty_node_id. By the time we
reach 0.3 we should have this data present.
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit removes a fallback code path in LDK that previously tried to replay old Lightning payment claims even when the software didn't know which peer (counterparty) the claim was for. That missing information could cause crashes or unreliable behavior. Now, if the required peer ID is absent, LDK refuses to load the channel state and logs an error, forcing users to resolve those old forwards before upgrading. It is a hardening/cleanup change rather than a fix for an active exploit.

Recommended action

Treat as a defensive hardening change. Users upgrading from LDK 0.0.123 or earlier should ensure all forwarded HTLCs are resolved before upgrading, as the commit now errors on startup instead of attempting risky replay. No immediate patch or CVE action is required unless a release note or advisory is later published.

Security signals we found

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Removal of unsafe fallback path that could panic at runtime when counterparty_node_id is missing

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Load-time failure (fail_read) introduced instead of best-effort replay with crash risk

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Deprecation of legacy data from pre-0.0.124 forwards

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Code comment explicitly states 'we no longer support claiming an HTLC where we don't have the counterparty_node_id'

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No CVE, advisory, or researcher attribution present in commit materials

Risk score

Why this scored 41/100

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