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feat(common,core,python): support Stellar delegated authentication.

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Jun Luo

67/100 · Adequate
feat(common,core,python): support Stellar delegated authentication.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds support for a new Stellar blockchain feature called delegated authentication (CAP-71-01 / Protocol 27). It lets an account authorize a transaction through a chain of delegated signers. The device now recognizes and serializes these delegate chains, but when showing the transaction to the user it only displays the top-level authorizing address, not the individual delegates. This is a normal feature addition; there is no direct evidence in the commit of a security vulnerability, though any new signing path deserves careful review.

Recommended action

Treat as a feature commit, not an emergency security patch. Reviewers should verify that recursive delegate parsing has adequate depth limits and memory controls, that the top-level address shown to the user cannot be confused with delegate addresses, and that the signing payload correctly excludes the delegate address field as specified by CAP-71-01.

Security signals we found

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New recursive message type (nested_delegates) added to Stellar protocol

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UI confirmation intentionally hides delegate signer list from user

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Signing payload bound to top-level address per CAP-71-01

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No input-length limits visible in generated protobuf code beyond normal vec handling

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No explicit security advisory or CVE referenced in commit

Risk score

Why this scored 30/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 5/30
Exploitability 4/25
Stealth signal 4/15
Affected reach 6/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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