fix(security): authenticate kind-38385 instance info before applying transport (MOSTRO-075) - #160
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…transport (MOSTRO-075) Relays can ignore author filters and serve a throwaway-signed newer event that flips protocol_version. Verify pubkey, d-tag, and signature client-side, and ignore older created_at than the cache. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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WalkthroughThe change authenticates kind-38385 instance-info events before parsing, classifies fetch outcomes, and rejects stale updates in ChangesInstance information security and state
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The change blocks forged instance settings, but refresh failures can discard valid transport configuration, transport updates can leave the active listener using stale behavior, and delayed results may affect the wrong instance after an identity change. Merge should wait for these bounded consistency issues to be fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant Fetch
participant Selector
participant AppState
participant UI
Client->>Fetch: request instance info
Fetch->>Selector: validate up to 10 candidates
Selector-->>Fetch: return newest authentic event or outcome
Fetch->>AppState: apply found info
Fetch->>UI: report not-found or rejected outcome
AppState-->>Client: preserve newer cached state or apply update
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In `@src/util/mostro_info.rs`:
- Line 357: Update fetch_mostro_instance_info and dm_transport_for_mostro so an
authenticity-rejected fetch returns a distinct rejected result instead of
Ok(None), preserving cached instance settings; keep None reserved for explicit
cache clearing via AppState::set_mostro_info(None), and handle the new result
without resetting the transport.
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Reviewed current head 8522d5da2d39306aa55c76d5fdea71046d49258b against the MOSTRO-075 report.
The PR does fix the narrow forged-newest-event selection bug: fetch_mostro_instance_info now re-checks kind, author pubkey, d tag, and event signature, and the selection test keeps an authentic older event over a forged newer one.
I am still requesting changes because the broader downgrade/black-hole invariant is not fully closed. When the fetch sees events but rejects all of them as unauthentic, it returns Ok(None) from src/util/mostro_info.rs. The application callers then pass that None into AppState::set_mostro_info(None), which clears the cached instance info and resets transport to the default GiftWrap. That means a malicious relay can still suppress/replace authentic instance info with rejected data and downgrade a cached v2 session to v1 on refresh/restart paths. This matches the active CodeRabbit thread, so I am not duplicating it inline.
Validated locally:
rustup run 1.97.0 cargo test --all-features mostro_info::rustup run 1.97.0 cargo test --all-features app_state::rustup run 1.97.0 cargo fmt --all -- --check- A temporary probe also confirmed both sides: forged newest events are rejected, but applying the current rejected-fetch
Nonesemantics clears a cached v2 transport back toGiftWrap.
Suggested direction: distinguish no event found from events returned but authenticity rejected (or otherwise preserve the last trusted cache on rejected fetches), and reserve set_mostro_info(None) for explicit cache clearing / hard configuration invalidation rather than unauthentic relay data.
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Reviewed current head 7ee4015ab4e11e80daa07ccba0307bcf9bcd44f5 against MOSTRO-075 and the previous requested-change item.
The latest commit fixes dm_transport_for_mostro: a rejected/empty instance-info fetch no longer immediately calls set_mostro_info(None) in that helper, so that specific listener-respawn path now preserves the cached transport.
However, the blocker is not fully resolved yet. fetch_mostro_instance_info still returns Ok(None) both for “no event” and “events were returned but all failed authenticity checks”, and the UI refresh paths still apply that None through the shared result handler:
spawn_refresh_mostro_info_from_settings_taskmapsOk(None)toMostroInfoFetchResult::Ok { info: None, ... }.spawn_refresh_mostro_info_task(..., show_result_toast = true)does the same.main.rshandlesMostroInfoFetchResult::Okwithapp.set_mostro_info(*info), soinfo: Nonestill clears cached instance info and resets transport toGiftWrap.- The
Appliedarm also still callsapp.set_mostro_info(*info), so anyApplied { info: None }producer keeps the same clear-on-unauthenticated-result behavior.
So a malicious relay can still force a downgrade/black-hole in the runtime/manual refresh surface by serving only unauthentic kind-38385 candidates: the forged event no longer wins directly, but the rejected result is still indistinguishable from an intentional clear for these callers.
Local validation on this head:
rustup run 1.97.0 cargo test --all-features mostro_info::— passedrustup run 1.97.0 cargo test --all-features app_state::— passedrustup run 1.97.0 cargo fmt --all -- --check— passedrustup run 1.97.0 cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings— passed
Please keep the fix consistent across all instance-info refresh paths: distinguish authenticity rejection from “no trusted update / explicit clear”, and preserve the last trusted cache unless the app is intentionally clearing configuration.
…cts relay data Distinguish NotFound from Rejected in fetch_mostro_instance_info and stop mapping either to set_mostro_info(None) on refresh/reconnect/startup paths (MOSTRO-075). Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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In `@src/main.rs`:
- Line 699: Update the Applied transport-change branch around
app.set_mostro_info to compare the previous and new transport values and call
respawn_trade_dm_listener when they differ, matching the existing Ok branch
behavior so the listener uses the refreshed transport.
In `@src/ui/orders.rs`:
- Around line 263-264: Introduce a distinct MostroInfoFetchResult outcome for
transient relay fetch failures, and update src/ui/key_handler/async_tasks.rs to
use it for network errors while retaining Err(String) for settings,
invalidation, or other hard failures. In src/main.rs, display the new fetch
error without clearing cached instance information or resetting transport, and
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Restart the DM listener after an Applied transport change.
Line 699 updates app.transport, but this branch does not call respawn_trade_dm_listener. spawn_refresh_mostro_info_task emits Applied during silent refresh. If an authentic revision changes protocol version, the active listener keeps its startup transport while application state uses the new transport.
Use the same old/new transport comparison and listener restart as the Ok branch.
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In `@src/main.rs` at line 699, Update the Applied transport-change branch around
app.set_mostro_info to compare the previous and new transport values and call
respawn_trade_dm_listener when they differ, matching the existing Ok branch
behavior so the listener uses the refreshed transport.
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Separate relay fetch failures from cache-clearing failures.
src/ui/key_handler/async_tasks.rs sends network fetch errors as MostroInfoFetchResult::Err. src/main.rs clears cached instance info for every Err at Line 702. A transient relay failure therefore discards trusted settings and resets transport to GiftWrap.
Add a fetch-error outcome that shows the error but preserves cached state. Reserve cache clearing for explicit invalidation or configuration changes that require it.
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In `@src/ui/orders.rs` around lines 263 - 264, Introduce a distinct
MostroInfoFetchResult outcome for transient relay fetch failures, and update
src/ui/key_handler/async_tasks.rs to use it for network errors while retaining
Err(String) for settings, invalidation, or other hard failures. In src/main.rs,
display the new fetch error without clearing cached instance information or
resetting transport, and keep cache clearing limited to the existing
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.author()filters alone. Before applyingprotocol_version/ fees / PoW, Mostrix re-checksevent.pubkey, thedtag, andEvent::verify, then selects the newest authentic revision.AppState::set_mostro_infoignores oldercreated_atthan the cached revision so a lagging or malicious relay cannot roll transport back (explicitNonestill clears).Context
A red-team Bitcoin audit showed that
fetch_mostro_instance_infotook the newest relay-returned event with no client-side author re-check. A malicious relay could serve a throwaway-signed newer event, flipapp.transport(v2↔v1), and black-hole protocol DMs (or re-arm v1 forgery intake).Test plan
cargo test --all-features mostro_info::cargo test --all-features app_state::cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warningsMade with Cursor
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