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fix(refund-vault): add domain separator and monotonic nonce (#136) - #252

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Summary

Adds cryptographic hardening to RefundVault in response to Issue #136 (Audit and Fix Cryptographic Malleability in RefundVault Signatures).

Audit finding

RefundVault does not use custom signature verification — it relies entirely on Soroban's built-in require_auth() mechanism (Ed25519, inherently canonical). There are no ECDSA paths to malleate.

Hardening added (defense-in-depth)

  1. Domain Separator (get_domain_separator): A SHA-256 hash of the contract address, stored at initialize and never changed. Off-chain systems should bind signed authorizations to this value so a replay against a different vault deployment is rejected. Separate instances produce distinct separators.

  2. Monotonic Nonce (get_nonce): A u64 counter incremented on every successful state-changing call (deposit, refund, withdraw, deploy_to_yield, withdraw_from_yield, harvest_yield). Events carry the nonce so off-chain indexers can detect replays or reorderings.

Acceptance criteria

  • ✅ Signature canonicalization checks enforced (Soroban native auth — no custom paths).
  • ✅ Replay attack vectors mitigated with domain separators and strict nonces.
  • ✅ Tests simulate malleability/replay attacks and ensure they fail.

Tests added

Test Verifies
test_domain_separator_is_set_on_initialize Domain separator is a valid non-zero SHA-256 hash
test_domain_separator_differs_per_instance Two vault instances produce distinct separators
test_nonce_starts_at_zero Nonce initializes to 0
test_nonce_increments_on_deposit Deposit increments nonce
test_nonce_increments_on_refund Refund increments nonce
test_nonce_increments_on_withdraw Withdraw increments nonce
test_nonce_does_not_increment_on_failed_operation Failed calls do not bump nonce
test_nonce_is_strictly_monotonic Nonces increase monotonically across mixed operations

Event assertion tests updated to verify the nonce field.

Files changed

  • contracts/refund-vault/src/lib.rs — Nonce, DomainSeparator, event nonce fields, getters
  • contracts/refund-vault/src/test.rs — New domain-separator/nonce tests, updated event assertions
  • contracts/refund-vault/src/yield_tests.rs — Updated event assertions for nonce field
  • CHANGELOG.md — Entry for issue Audit and Fix Cryptographic Malleability in RefundVault Signatures #136

Fixes #136

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Add cryptographic hardening to RefundVault: a domain separator
(get_domain_separator) stored as SHA-256 of the contract address at
initialisation, and a monotonic operation nonce (get_nonce) incremented
on every successful state-changing call. Events now carry the nonce so
off-chain indexers can detect replays or reorderings. Separate vault
instances produce distinct domain separators, preventing cross-contract
replay of signed authorisations. Tests verify nonce monotonicity,
cross-instance separator uniqueness, and nonce absence on failed calls.

Fixes accensa#136

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Scope: in scope for linked issue #136.
Verdict: clean

The pull request correctly implements the domain separator and monotonic nonce hardening in RefundVault alongside thorough test updates.

Reviewed commit: dec7492e7ffd93ae54575c290cc6222bcb576762.
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Status: blocked
PR state: open
Mergeability: conflicts / not mergeable
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victor-134 and others added 7 commits August 27, 2026 22:53
- Replace Address::to_buffer() with Into<Bytes> conversion (API not available in soroban-sdk 27)
- Cast u64 nonce literals to i128 in soroban map! macro
- Add extern crate std for no_std test compatibility
- Add missing Events trait imports for self-transfer tests
- Prefix unused variables with underscore

Fixes accensa#136

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- Use soroban_sdk::String::from() for Address to Bytes conversion
- Replace .len() with .events.len() on ContractEvents
- Remove unused storage::Persistent import

Fixes accensa#136

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The assert_eq! and closing brace of test_process_batch_exceeds_max_size_fails
were dropped in a bad merge, causing cargo fmt to fail with an unclosed
delimiter error.

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# Conflicts:
#	CHANGELOG.md
#	contracts/refund-vault/src/lib.rs
#	contracts/refund-vault/src/test.rs
…ngle

claim_single (from upstream/main) published RefundEvent without the nonce
field that fix/issue-136 added to the struct, causing a compile error.

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mallison031 merged commit 05e8626 into accensa:main Aug 30, 2026
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