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invoice: Use PaymentHash in raw invoice types

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Authored by Jon

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invoice: Use PaymentHash in raw invoice types
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a straightforward internal code cleanup in the Lightning Dev Kit's invoice handling. It replaces the use of a generic SHA-256 hash type with a dedicated PaymentHash type when representing payment hashes inside BOLT11 invoices. There is no indication this fixes a security vulnerability; it is a type-safety and consistency refactor that touches many test files and a few production call sites.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as a normal refactor. If reviewing, verify that all former sha256::Hash -> PaymentHash conversions preserve byte ordering and that the new base32 length check does not reject valid invoices (it should not, because PaymentHash is a 32-byte array).

Security signals we found

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No security-relevant keywords in commit title or message

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Refactor-only: type substitution with equivalent semantics

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New base32 length validation mirrors existing 32-byte fixed-array requirement

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No changes to cryptographic operations, parsing bounds, or trust assumptions

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No vendor or researcher attribution for a security issue

Risk score

Why this scored 20/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 1/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 3/15
Confidence 9/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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