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feat: handle ledger gaps and reorgs in Horizon indexer#314

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Security Changes

Type of Security Change

  • Other: Vulnerable contract fixture for security scanner testing and training

Vulnerability Details

Issue Type: Caller-Supplied Withdrawal Token

Severity: Critical

Description:
This change introduces a deliberately vulnerable Soroban contract fixture demonstrating a critical asset-redirection vulnerability. The contract allows a caller to specify the payout token during withdrawal while internal accounting assumes a different asset. An attacker can deposit a low-value token and withdraw a higher-value token held by the contract.

Affected Component:

  • vulnerable/caller_supplied_withdraw_token

Secure Comparison Included:

  • src/secure.rs demonstrates the correct pattern by storing the authorized token during initialization and preventing caller-controlled token selection.

Fix Applied:

  • Code change to mitigate (secure comparison implementation included)

Testing

  • Vulnerable path demonstrated
  • Secure path demonstrated
  • Unit tests added
  • Full workspace test suite executed (environment disk-space limitations prevented execution)

Security Impact Analysis

Affected Components:

  • Other: Soroban smart contract withdrawal logic

Risk Assessment:
This change intentionally introduces a vulnerable fixture for security tooling validation, educational purposes, and scanner regression testing. The vulnerable implementation is isolated within the dedicated vulnerable/ directory and is not intended for production deployment. A secure reference implementation is provided for comparison and remediation guidance.

Documentation Updates

  • Added security-focused code comments
  • Added secure comparison implementation

Checklist

  • No secrets or keys committed
  • No PII or sensitive data included
  • Vulnerability is intentionally isolated for testing purposes
  • Secure reference implementation provided

Additional Notes

This fixture demonstrates the "caller-supplied withdrawal token" anti-pattern. Security scanners should flag withdrawal flows where the payout token address is controlled by the caller rather than being configured and enforced by the contract.

Test Output

Tests were authored to cover:

  • Deposit low-value asset → withdraw high-value asset (vulnerable path)
  • Secure implementation enforces configured token only
  • Boundary condition validation

Execution of tests was temporarily blocked by Cloud Shell storage limitations and workspace configuration issues.

CI Run Link

closes #230

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Add reorg and ledger-gap handling to the Horizon indexer (lib/indexer.ts)

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