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leave the wallet file encryption unchanged in a queued update where the storage key has changed since it was queued

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Authored by Craig Raw

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leave the wallet file encryption unchanged in a queued update where the storage key has changed since it was queued
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit fixes a bug in Sparrow Wallet where a background save of a wallet file could use the wrong encryption password. If a user added or removed a wallet password while another save was still waiting in a queue, the queued save could later encrypt or decrypt the file with the old setting, potentially leaving the wallet file unencrypted when it should be encrypted, or encrypted with a password the user no longer expects. The fix makes the queued save check the current encryption key before deciding whether to change the file's encryption.

Recommended action

Treat this as a security bugfix and include it in the next release. Users who changed wallet passwords while Sparrow was performing background saves should verify their wallet files are encrypted as expected. No immediate external action (such as rotating keys) is required, but wallet file encryption state should be confirmed after password changes.

Security signals we found

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Race condition between asynchronous wallet persistence and password change

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Potential unintended decryption of wallet file after password is added

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Potential unintended encryption with stale password after password is removed

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Encryption key visibility fixed by marking field volatile

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Defensive check added to queued update to detect stale encryption key

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Unit tests added to cover password-change concurrency scenarios

Risk score

Why this scored 58/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 18/30
Exploitability 8/25
Stealth signal 10/15
Affected reach 10/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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