# Audit report

> Audit this TypeScript client for the IMD swarm's paid requests before anyone funds it. Focus: private-key handling (env only, never logged or persisted, no leak through errors), EIP-712 Permit2 and QuoteApproval signing (domains, types, paymentHash over key-sorted JSON), nonce and deadline handling, spending caps and dry-run defaults, refusal of mismatched asset or payTo (address poisoning), double payment on retry, and dependency risks. Each finding with location, impact and the exact call sequence that triggers it.

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| Repository | https://github.com/identity-md-launches/launch-601-build-imd-sdk-typed-typescript.git |
| Commit | `91407cb0dc9dae032edcff5ffe00a196a6143d7d` |
| Job | `ae3c9745-7363-4bd2-bfaf-dc8944649cd8` |
| Judged | 2026-10-02 19:21 UTC |
| Findings | 2 high · 6 medium · 3 low |

Four agents audited the code as it is at `91407cb`, each in one area (math, permissions, economics, control flow),
and a judge reproduced, merged and ranked what they found, then read the code once more itself. Nothing in the repository was changed or deployed.

## Findings

### 1. High: Retrying an unresolved order creates a second valid spending authorization

`src/index.js:63`

```
    const nonce=BigInt(`0x${randomBytes(32).toString('hex')}`);
```

Each executing pay() call generates a fresh random Permit2 nonce without saving an order-scoped authorization or reconciling pending status. If a paid POST reaches the service but its reply is lost, a retry receiving another 402 signs a second independent transfer for the same quote. The reference [Permit2 implementation](https://github.com/Uniswap/permit2/blob/main/src/SignatureTransfer.sol) consumes nonces individually; the [exact proxy](https://github.com/coinbase/x402/blob/main/contracts/evm/src/x402ExactPermit2Proxy.sol) does not bind settlement to an IMD order or QuoteApproval. Thus both can debit a funded, approved wallet before their deadlines if both are settled. This reproduction proves duplicate valid client authorizations, not that the absent production backend settles both. Persist and reuse the exact pending payload across retries/restarts, serialize per order, and reconcile status before creating replacements. dist/index.js is identical.

**Reproduction**

Offline reproduction against the unmodified src/index.js, using injected HTTP Response objects, in-memory node:fs/promises ledger bindings and LocalPrivateKeySigner with public test scalar 1 (0x followed by 63 zeroes and 1); no network or live settlement. Fix Date.now() at T=1800000000; use empty daily state and default caps unless specified. Common challenge: quote={id:"quote-1",quoteHash:"22".repeat(32),action:"job.open",payment:{asset:"0xd34a99bc0f67ae1bbd63c660e6d0b0dd03e263b7",amount:A,payTo:"0x4e0fa57bde726079356537e2f34d671e9f41adbc"},expiresAt:T+600}; accepts[0]={scheme:"exact",network:"eip155:1",...quote.payment,maxTimeoutSeconds:60,extra:{assetTransferMethod:"permit2"}}; resource={url:"https://api.example/requests/order-1",description:"job",mimeType:"application/json"}, resourceUrl=resource.url, requesterScopeHash="11".repeat(32). GET capabilities returns {actions:[{action:"job.open",payment:quote.payment}]}; GET status returns {status:"quoted"} without a quote unless specified. The unsigned POST /requests/order-1/submit returns this 402 challenge; the signed POST returns 202 {status:"payment_pending"} unless specified. Set A="250000000000000000". First call pay("order-1",undefined,{execute:true}); capture its paid POST, then throw TypeError("fetch failed after upload") to model delivery with a lost reply. Leave the unsigned submit returning the same 402, change GET status to {status:"payment_pending"}, and call pay again. Expected: reuse/reconcile the first authorization or refuse a second. Actual: four signer calls, two signed POSTs for quote-1 with distinct nonce/signature/paymentHash values, and ledger total "500000000000000000". Independently ran cast wallet sign --data on all four captured typed-data objects with public test key 1: signatures matched byte-for-byte. SHA-256 of each independently key-sorted payment JSON matched its QuoteApproval paymentHash. With at least 0.5 IMD balance and allowance, the distinct unused nonces represent two 0.25 IMD authorizations for one order; no live transfer was attempted.

### 2. High: Concurrent CLI processes bypass the persistent daily spending cap

`src/index.js:61`

```
    const day=terms.key;let release;const previous=reservationQueue;reservationQueue=new Promise(resolve=>{release=resolve;});await previous;try{let ledger={};try{ledger=JSON.parse(await readFile(this.spendFile,'utf8'));}catch{}const spent=BigInt(ledger[day]||daily.get(day)||0);if(spent+terms.amount>this.maxPerDay)throw new Error('daily IMD spending cap exceeded');ledger[day]=(spent+terms.amount).toString();await mkdir(dirname(this.spendFile),{recursive:true});await writeFile(this.spendFile,JSON.stringify(ledger),{mode:0o600});daily.set(day,spent+terms.amount);}finally{release();}
```

reservationQueue and daily protect only one module instance. Independent CLI processes perform unlocked read/check/write operations on the shared daily-spend.json, so each can reserve against the same prior balance and the last write loses the other reservation. The default 0.5 IMD limit can authorize 0.6 IMD from two 0.3 IMD calls, or N times the cap with N full-cap concurrent calls. In-place writeFile and catch-all read/JSON error handling also allow truncated state to reset the cap on restart. Use a process-safe transactional reservation, atomic durable replacement, and fail closed on unexpected ledger corruption. dist/index.js is identical.

**Reproduction**

Offline reproduction against the unmodified src/index.js, using injected HTTP Response objects, in-memory node:fs/promises ledger bindings and LocalPrivateKeySigner with public test scalar 1 (0x followed by 63 zeroes and 1); no network or live settlement. Fix Date.now() at T=1800000000; use empty daily state and default caps unless specified. Common challenge: quote={id:"quote-1",quoteHash:"22".repeat(32),action:"job.open",payment:{asset:"0xd34a99bc0f67ae1bbd63c660e6d0b0dd03e263b7",amount:A,payTo:"0x4e0fa57bde726079356537e2f34d671e9f41adbc"},expiresAt:T+600}; accepts[0]={scheme:"exact",network:"eip155:1",...quote.payment,maxTimeoutSeconds:60,extra:{assetTransferMethod:"permit2"}}; resource={url:"https://api.example/requests/order-1",description:"job",mimeType:"application/json"}, resourceUrl=resource.url, requesterScopeHash="11".repeat(32). GET capabilities returns {actions:[{action:"job.open",payment:quote.payment}]}; GET status returns {status:"quoted"} without a quote unless specified. The unsigned POST /requests/order-1/submit returns this 402 challenge; the signed POST returns 202 {status:"payment_pending"} unless specified. Run two actual Node child processes with the same signer, UTC day and spendFile, each calling pay on a different order at A="300000000000000000" with default 0.5 IMD request/day caps. Redirect only ledger I/O through parent IPC; hold each read response until both have taken the initial "{}" snapshot, then release both. Observed ordering is read A, read B, write A/B, write B/A. Expected: one process authorizes 0.3 IMD and the other fails its daily cap. Actual: both complete two signatures and one paid POST, authorizing 600000000000000000 total; the final shared ledger records only 300000000000000000. All four signatures independently matched cast wallet sign --data. Separately, after a successful 0.3 IMD call, replaced the virtual ledger contents with the empty string (the state possible after truncation/crash), loaded a fresh module and retried another 0.3 IMD payment: it also succeeded and recorded only 0.3 IMD. No real filesystem ledger or chain was used.

### 3. Medium: Unchanged nested quotes fail the original-quote comparison

`src/index.js:49`

```
    if(originallyQuoted&&(!eqAddress(originallyQuoted.payTo,qp.payTo)||String(originallyQuoted.amount)!==String(qp.amount)||originallyQuoted.action!==q.action||String(originallyQuoted.expiresAt)!==String(q.expiresAt)))throw new Error('challenge quote differs from the original quote');
```

verifyTerms unwraps challenge.quote.payment but reads payTo and amount directly from the saved quote. A complete quote response or status response containing quote.payment is therefore rejected even when unchanged, preventing the documented quote-to-pay flow. The existing paid-flow test bypasses this comparison by returning only the order ID. Normalize both payment objects before comparing their asset, payTo and amount, and retain metadata/identity checks. dist/index.js contains the identical defect.

**Reproduction**

Offline reproduction against the unmodified src/index.js, using injected HTTP Response objects, in-memory node:fs/promises ledger bindings and LocalPrivateKeySigner with public test scalar 1 (0x followed by 63 zeroes and 1); no network or live settlement. Fix Date.now() at T=1800000000; use empty daily state and default caps unless specified. Common challenge: quote={id:"quote-1",quoteHash:"22".repeat(32),action:"job.open",payment:{asset:"0xd34a99bc0f67ae1bbd63c660e6d0b0dd03e263b7",amount:A,payTo:"0x4e0fa57bde726079356537e2f34d671e9f41adbc"},expiresAt:T+600}; accepts[0]={scheme:"exact",network:"eip155:1",...quote.payment,maxTimeoutSeconds:60,extra:{assetTransferMethod:"permit2"}}; resource={url:"https://api.example/requests/order-1",description:"job",mimeType:"application/json"}, resourceUrl=resource.url, requesterScopeHash="11".repeat(32). GET capabilities returns {actions:[{action:"job.open",payment:quote.payment}]}; GET status returns {status:"quoted"} without a quote unless specified. The unsigned POST /requests/order-1/submit returns this 402 challenge; the signed POST returns 202 {status:"payment_pending"} unless specified. Set A="500000000000000000". Make POST /requests/quote return {order:{id:"order-1"},quote:q}, where q is exactly the challenge quote. Call client.quote("job.open",{}), then client.pay("order-1",undefined,{execute:true}). Expected: unchanged terms pass and two signatures are requested. Actual: "challenge quote differs from the original quote", zero signatures, zero signed POSTs, and unchanged ledger. Also reproduced with {order:{id:"order-1",quote:q}} returned by quote(), and with a fresh client loading that same shape from status().

### 4. Medium: Failures before authorization permanently consume the daily spending budget

`src/index.js:61`

```
    const day=terms.key;let release;const previous=reservationQueue;reservationQueue=new Promise(resolve=>{release=resolve;});await previous;try{let ledger={};try{ledger=JSON.parse(await readFile(this.spendFile,'utf8'));}catch{}const spent=BigInt(ledger[day]||daily.get(day)||0);if(spent+terms.amount>this.maxPerDay)throw new Error('daily IMD spending cap exceeded');ledger[day]=(spent+terms.amount).toString();await mkdir(dirname(this.spendFile),{recursive:true});await writeFile(this.spendFile,JSON.stringify(ledger),{mode:0o600});daily.set(day,spent+terms.amount);}finally{release();}
```

pay persists its reservation before validating expiry or obtaining either signature. It never releases it on definite pre-submission failure. One expired 0.5 IMD quote or rejected signer request exhausts the default daily limit even though no payment authorization reached the service. Validate the complete signing inputs first; track reservation states and release on failures known to occur before exposing an authorization. Keep ambiguous submitted attempts reserved until reconciled. Refunding every HTTP error or debiting only after success would introduce overspending and retry races. dist/index.js is identical.

**Reproduction**

Offline reproduction against the unmodified src/index.js, using injected HTTP Response objects, in-memory node:fs/promises ledger bindings and LocalPrivateKeySigner with public test scalar 1 (0x followed by 63 zeroes and 1); no network or live settlement. Fix Date.now() at T=1800000000; use empty daily state and default caps unless specified. Common challenge: quote={id:"quote-1",quoteHash:"22".repeat(32),action:"job.open",payment:{asset:"0xd34a99bc0f67ae1bbd63c660e6d0b0dd03e263b7",amount:A,payTo:"0x4e0fa57bde726079356537e2f34d671e9f41adbc"},expiresAt:T+600}; accepts[0]={scheme:"exact",network:"eip155:1",...quote.payment,maxTimeoutSeconds:60,extra:{assetTransferMethod:"permit2"}}; resource={url:"https://api.example/requests/order-1",description:"job",mimeType:"application/json"}, resourceUrl=resource.url, requesterScopeHash="11".repeat(32). GET capabilities returns {actions:[{action:"job.open",payment:quote.payment}]}; GET status returns {status:"quoted"} without a quote unless specified. The unsigned POST /requests/order-1/submit returns this 402 challenge; the signed POST returns 202 {status:"payment_pending"} unless specified. Set A="500000000000000000" and expiresAt=T+4. Call pay("order-1",undefined,{execute:true}): actual error is "quote expires too soon to sign safely", zero signing calls and zero paid POSTs, but the ledger contains {[current UTC day]:"500000000000000000"}. Change only expiresAt to T+600 and call pay again: actual error is "daily IMD spending cap exceeded". Expected: both expiry refusal and a signer throwing before any signature leave the budget available. A separate clean run with a signer that throws Error("user rejected on device") also retained the full debit and blocked the next call.

### 5. Medium: Unsupported networks and payment schemes still receive mainnet Permit2 signatures

`src/index.js:50`

```
    if(!same(accepted,qp)||!same(accepted,cp)||!eqAddress(accepted.asset,IMD_TOKEN))throw new Error('challenge payment terms differ from quote or capabilities');
```

verifyTerms checks only asset, payTo and amount, leaving network, scheme and transfer method unchecked. pay always signs chainId 1 for the mainnet Permit2/exact proxy and echoes contradictory accepted fields in the header. An unsupported-chain challenge therefore obtains an unintended mainnet authorization, while a verifier following the advertised chain cannot validate it. Requiring a mainnet wallet is not a reason to sign contradictory remote terms silently. Require the configured eip155:1 network, exact scheme and permit2 transfer method consistently across the challenge, quote and capabilities before reserving/signing. dist/index.js is identical.

**Reproduction**

Offline reproduction against the unmodified src/index.js, using injected HTTP Response objects, in-memory node:fs/promises ledger bindings and LocalPrivateKeySigner with public test scalar 1 (0x followed by 63 zeroes and 1); no network or live settlement. Fix Date.now() at T=1800000000; use empty daily state and default caps unless specified. Common challenge: quote={id:"quote-1",quoteHash:"22".repeat(32),action:"job.open",payment:{asset:"0xd34a99bc0f67ae1bbd63c660e6d0b0dd03e263b7",amount:A,payTo:"0x4e0fa57bde726079356537e2f34d671e9f41adbc"},expiresAt:T+600}; accepts[0]={scheme:"exact",network:"eip155:1",...quote.payment,maxTimeoutSeconds:60,extra:{assetTransferMethod:"permit2"}}; resource={url:"https://api.example/requests/order-1",description:"job",mimeType:"application/json"}, resourceUrl=resource.url, requesterScopeHash="11".repeat(32). GET capabilities returns {actions:[{action:"job.open",payment:quote.payment}]}; GET status returns {status:"quoted"} without a quote unless specified. The unsigned POST /requests/order-1/submit returns this 402 challenge; the signed POST returns 202 {status:"payment_pending"} unless specified. Set A="100000000000000000"; change accepts[0].network and quote.payment.network to "eip155:11155111". Call pay("order-1",undefined,{execute:true}). Expected: reject unsupported Sepolia terms before any signing. Actual: two real signatures with domain.chainId=1 and a signed POST whose accepted.network is still eip155:11155111. Both signatures match independent cast wallet sign --data outputs. Separately repeated on fresh clients with mainnet network but scheme="upto", and with extra.assetTransferMethod="eip3009": both cases also signed and submitted exact Permit2 authorizations. Mainnet loss requires the wallet to have mainnet IMD balance/allowance and a recipient of the permit to settle it; no settlement was sent.

### 6. Medium: Permit2 deadlines exceed the advertised maximum payment timeout

`src/index.js:62`

```
    const expiry=BigInt(terms.q.expiresAt), now=BigInt(Math.floor(Date.now()/1000)), deadline=expiry-5n;if(deadline<=now)throw new Error('quote expires too soon to sign safely');
```

pay derives the deadline solely from quote.expiresAt minus five seconds, ignoring accepted.maxTimeoutSeconds. Quote validity and transfer-authorization lifetime are different bounds. With a 600-second quote and a 60-second payment window, the transmitted permit remains usable for 595 seconds. The [reference Permit2 client](https://github.com/coinbase/x402/blob/main/typescript/packages/mechanisms/evm/src/shared/permit2.ts) bounds deadline by now + maxTimeoutSeconds. An offchain timeout does not revoke the signature. Validate a positive bounded timeout and use min(quote expiry minus margin, now plus allowed timeout); recheck freshness before exposing payment. dist/index.js is identical.

**Reproduction**

Offline reproduction against the unmodified src/index.js, using injected HTTP Response objects, in-memory node:fs/promises ledger bindings and LocalPrivateKeySigner with public test scalar 1 (0x followed by 63 zeroes and 1); no network or live settlement. Fix Date.now() at T=1800000000; use empty daily state and default caps unless specified. Common challenge: quote={id:"quote-1",quoteHash:"22".repeat(32),action:"job.open",payment:{asset:"0xd34a99bc0f67ae1bbd63c660e6d0b0dd03e263b7",amount:A,payTo:"0x4e0fa57bde726079356537e2f34d671e9f41adbc"},expiresAt:T+600}; accepts[0]={scheme:"exact",network:"eip155:1",...quote.payment,maxTimeoutSeconds:60,extra:{assetTransferMethod:"permit2"}}; resource={url:"https://api.example/requests/order-1",description:"job",mimeType:"application/json"}, resourceUrl=resource.url, requesterScopeHash="11".repeat(32). GET capabilities returns {actions:[{action:"job.open",payment:quote.payment}]}; GET status returns {status:"quoted"} without a quote unless specified. The unsigned POST /requests/order-1/submit returns this 402 challenge; the signed POST returns 202 {status:"payment_pending"} unless specified. Set A="100000000000000000". At T=1800000000 call pay("order-1",undefined,{execute:true}) with maxTimeoutSeconds=60 and expiresAt=T+600. Expected: PermitWitnessTransferFrom.message.deadline and transmitted permit2Authorization.deadline <=1800000060. Actual: both equal 1800000595; witness.validAfter is zero. Independently verified both signatures with cast and checked the payload hash. At T+120 the advertised payment window has ended but the permit is still within its signed deadline for 475 more seconds; redemption additionally requires an unused nonce, balance and allowance. No live settlement was attempted.

### 7. Medium: Original-quote validation permits a different quote identity and hash

`src/index.js:49`

```
    if(originallyQuoted&&(!eqAddress(originallyQuoted.payTo,qp.payTo)||String(originallyQuoted.amount)!==String(qp.amount)||originallyQuoted.action!==q.action||String(originallyQuoted.expiresAt)!==String(q.expiresAt)))throw new Error('challenge quote differs from the original quote');
```

The original-quote guard compares only payTo, amount, action and expiresAt. Even when that guard is reached and passes, it does not bind QuoteApproval to the cached quote ID/hash (or original asset). A substituted challenge with the same visible terms can therefore authorize different work at the same price. This is separate from the nested-schema rejection: the failing case uses the flat saved shape that this guard currently accepts. Compare immutable quote identity/hash and all signed terms with a normalized saved quote, and bind resource/scope to the selected order/session; fail closed if the required original quote is absent. dist/index.js is identical.

**Reproduction**

Offline reproduction against the unmodified src/index.js, using injected HTTP Response objects, in-memory node:fs/promises ledger bindings and LocalPrivateKeySigner with public test scalar 1 (0x followed by 63 zeroes and 1); no network or live settlement. Fix Date.now() at T=1800000000; use empty daily state and default caps unless specified. Common challenge: quote={id:"quote-1",quoteHash:"22".repeat(32),action:"job.open",payment:{asset:"0xd34a99bc0f67ae1bbd63c660e6d0b0dd03e263b7",amount:A,payTo:"0x4e0fa57bde726079356537e2f34d671e9f41adbc"},expiresAt:T+600}; accepts[0]={scheme:"exact",network:"eip155:1",...quote.payment,maxTimeoutSeconds:60,extra:{assetTransferMethod:"permit2"}}; resource={url:"https://api.example/requests/order-1",description:"job",mimeType:"application/json"}, resourceUrl=resource.url, requesterScopeHash="11".repeat(32). GET capabilities returns {actions:[{action:"job.open",payment:quote.payment}]}; GET status returns {status:"quoted"} without a quote unless specified. The unsigned POST /requests/order-1/submit returns this 402 challenge; the signed POST returns 202 {status:"payment_pending"} unless specified. Set A="100000000000000000". POST /requests/quote returns {order:{id:"order-1"},quote:{id:"quote-1",quoteHash:"22".repeat(32),action:"job.open",asset:IMD_TOKEN,amount:A,payTo:PAY_TO,expiresAt:T+600}} with flat payment fields. Call quote("job.open",{objective:"review A"}). For pay("order-1",undefined,{execute:true}), return the common nested challenge with only quote.id changed to "quote-ATTACK" and quote.quoteHash changed to "aa".repeat(32). Expected: reject identity/hash mismatch before signing. Actual: two independently cast-verified signatures and a signed POST; QuoteApproval.message.quoteId="quote-ATTACK" and quoteHash="0x"+"aa".repeat(32). The saved flat shape is essential to this reproduction; an unchanged full nested saved quote is rejected by the separate schema defect.

### 8. Medium: Multi-run schedule payments are compared against a single-run capabilities price

`src/index.js:50`

```
    if(!same(accepted,qp)||!same(accepted,cp)||!eqAddress(accepted.asset,IMD_TOKEN))throw new Error('challenge payment terms differ from quote or capabilities');
```

The amount equality against capabilities treats every policy price as the total. schedule.create and schedule.topup are priced per run, so a valid two-run quote cannot pass even with sufficiently high user caps. The [capabilities response](https://api.imd.fun/requests/capabilities) identifies both actions in its pricedPer map; the [Quote schema](https://api.imd.fun/openapi.json) supplies runs and unitAmount. Validate the quoted run count against the original request and calculate the expected total with integer arithmetic, while still enforcing caps on the full total. dist/index.js is identical.

**Reproduction**

Offline reproduction against the unmodified src/index.js, using injected HTTP Response objects, in-memory node:fs/promises ledger bindings and LocalPrivateKeySigner with public test scalar 1 (0x followed by 63 zeroes and 1); no network or live settlement. Fix Date.now() at T=1800000000; use empty daily state and default caps unless specified. Common challenge: quote={id:"quote-1",quoteHash:"22".repeat(32),action:"job.open",payment:{asset:"0xd34a99bc0f67ae1bbd63c660e6d0b0dd03e263b7",amount:A,payTo:"0x4e0fa57bde726079356537e2f34d671e9f41adbc"},expiresAt:T+600}; accepts[0]={scheme:"exact",network:"eip155:1",...quote.payment,maxTimeoutSeconds:60,extra:{assetTransferMethod:"permit2"}}; resource={url:"https://api.example/requests/order-1",description:"job",mimeType:"application/json"}, resourceUrl=resource.url, requesterScopeHash="11".repeat(32). GET capabilities returns {actions:[{action:"job.open",payment:quote.payment}]}; GET status returns {status:"quoted"} without a quote unless specified. The unsigned POST /requests/order-1/submit returns this 402 challenge; the signed POST returns 202 {status:"payment_pending"} unless specified. Use a fresh client, no original quote in status, and maxPerRequest=maxPerDay="2000000000000000000". Change quote.action to "schedule.create", quote.runs=2, quote.unitAmount="500000000000000000", and both accepted.amount and quote.payment.amount to "1000000000000000000". Capabilities is {actions:[{action:"schedule.create",payment:{asset:IMD_TOKEN,payTo:PAY_TO,amount:"500000000000000000"},quoteTtlSeconds:600}],pricedPer:{"schedule.create":"run"}}. Call pay("order-1",undefined,{execute:true}). Expected: validate and authorize 1 IMD for two runs. Actual: "challenge payment terms differ from quote or capabilities" with zero signatures. Repeated with schedule.topup with the same result. Using status without a saved quote isolates this defect from the independently reproduced nested-quote rejection.

### 9. Low: Missing resource produces an invalid payment JSON header after signing

`src/index.js:16`

```
const canon = (v) => v===null?'null':Array.isArray(v)?`[${v.map(canon).join(',')}]`:typeof v==='object'?`{${Object.keys(v).sort().map(k=>`${JSON.stringify(k)}:${canon(v[k])}`).join(',')}}`:JSON.stringify(v);
```

canon emits the literal undefined for an undefined object value. pay embeds challenge.resource without validating its presence, hashes the malformed string, signs QuoteApproval, and submits an unparseable PAYMENT-SIGNATURE. The service cannot accept the request, while the daily reservation remains consumed and a usable Permit2 signature has already been exposed. Validate the entire challenge before reserving/signing and ensure canonicalization either emits valid JSON or rejects unsupported values; never emit an undefined token. dist/index.js is identical.

**Reproduction**

Offline reproduction against the unmodified src/index.js, using injected HTTP Response objects, in-memory node:fs/promises ledger bindings and LocalPrivateKeySigner with public test scalar 1 (0x followed by 63 zeroes and 1); no network or live settlement. Fix Date.now() at T=1800000000; use empty daily state and default caps unless specified. Common challenge: quote={id:"quote-1",quoteHash:"22".repeat(32),action:"job.open",payment:{asset:"0xd34a99bc0f67ae1bbd63c660e6d0b0dd03e263b7",amount:A,payTo:"0x4e0fa57bde726079356537e2f34d671e9f41adbc"},expiresAt:T+600}; accepts[0]={scheme:"exact",network:"eip155:1",...quote.payment,maxTimeoutSeconds:60,extra:{assetTransferMethod:"permit2"}}; resource={url:"https://api.example/requests/order-1",description:"job",mimeType:"application/json"}, resourceUrl=resource.url, requesterScopeHash="11".repeat(32). GET capabilities returns {actions:[{action:"job.open",payment:quote.payment}]}; GET status returns {status:"quoted"} without a quote unless specified. The unsigned POST /requests/order-1/submit returns this 402 challenge; the signed POST returns 202 {status:"payment_pending"} unless specified. Set A="100000000000000000" and omit only challenge.resource, retaining resourceUrl and the scope/hash fields. Call pay("order-1",undefined,{execute:true}). Expected: reject malformed challenge before signing. Actual: two real signing calls, one paid POST and a 0.1 IMD ledger entry. Decode PAYMENT-SIGNATURE with Buffer.from(header,"base64").toString(): it contains the literal sequence "resource":undefined; JSON.parse on that exact transmitted text throws SyntaxError. The mock returns 202 solely to capture output; no claim is made that a real server accepts malformed JSON.

### 10. Low: Deep-importable crypto helpers disclose malformed private keys in errors

`src/crypto.js:61`

```
  const d=num(privateKey); if(d<=0n||d>=N)throw new Error('invalid private key'); const z=BigInt(hex(digest));
```

Exported signDigest() and addressFromPrivateKey() pass the private-key text directly to BigInt without the LocalPrivateKeySigner validation/normalization. A 64-hex key missing 0x makes BigInt include the full key in its SyntaxError, exposing it to callers that log errors. dist/crypto.js ships with the package and package.json has no exports restriction. This was reproduced through the distributed helper imports; the documented LocalPrivateKeySigner/CLI path normalizes this input and does not have this leak. Validate and normalize at both helper boundaries and throw static key errors; optionally restrict the package export surface.

**Reproduction**

Run Node in the repository: const {signDigest,addressFromPrivateKey,LocalPrivateKeySigner}=await import("./dist/crypto.js"); const k="ab".repeat(32); invoke signDigest(k,new Uint8Array(32)) and addressFromPrivateKey(k), catching each error. Expected: accept the normalized valid scalar or return a static error that contains no key. Actual: both throw SyntaxError with message "Cannot convert "+k+" to a BigInt", including every one of the 64 key characters. A control new LocalPrivateKeySigner(k) constructs successfully. Only this public synthetic key was used.

### 11. Low: LocalPrivateKeySigner accepts out-of-range scalars that can never sign

`src/crypto.js:77`

```
  /** @param {string} privateKey */ constructor(privateKey) { if(typeof privateKey!=='string'||! /^(0x)?[0-9a-fA-F]{64}$/.test(privateKey))throw new Error('invalid private key');this.#privateKey=privateKey.startsWith('0x')?privateKey:`0x${privateKey}`;this.address=addressFromPrivateKey(this.#privateKey); }
```

The constructor checks only the key string shape, then derives an address without checking 0 < d < secp256k1 order N. For N+5 it publishes the address of scalar 5 even though signDigest later rejects the stored key. An operator can be given a wallet address to fund by a signer that can never authorize its funds with the configured key. Validate the scalar range at construction, before exposing address, and use a static validation error. This does not prove funds are irrecoverable: an informed operator can derive the reduced scalar. dist/crypto.js is identical.

**Reproduction**

In Node, import LocalPrivateKeySigner and addressFromPrivateKey from src/crypto.js. Let N=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEBAAEDCE6AF48A03BBFD25E8CD0364141n and k="0x"+(N+5n).toString(16). Expected: new LocalPrivateKeySigner(k) throws invalid private key. Actual: it constructs with address 0xe1ab8145f7e55dc933d51a18c793f901a3a0b276, equal to addressFromPrivateKey("0x5"). Call signer.signTypedData({domain:{name:"test",chainId:1},primaryType:"T",types:{T:[{name:"x",type:"uint256"}]},message:{x:1n}}): it rejects with "invalid private key". No funded key was used.

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