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Bug Report: HashChecker is under-constrained #29

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@Koukyosyumei

Thank you for this wonderful project! This is one of the most well-written Circom project that I have ever met.

However, I have found one bug in the HashChecker template. Specifically, the assert statement only checks the condition when calculating the witness, and it does not add a constraint.

assert(hash == calculatedHash);

Hence, the following malicious witness can satisfy the constraint:

╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║🚨 Counter Example:                                           ║
║    🧟 UnderConstrained (Unexpected-Input) 🧟
║           Violated Condition: (Eq main.hash main.calculatedHash)
║    🔍 Assignment Details:
║           ➡️ main.value3 = 2
║           ➡️ main.value4 = 8
║           ➡️ main.externalNullifier = 7
║           ➡️ main.hash = 0
║           ➡️ main.calculatedHash = 5191963198109124433444999836115045656277008082202604780038683351638849840962
║           ➡️ main.nullifierHash = 7061949393491957813657776856458368574501817871421526214197139795307327923534
║           ➡️ main.value1 = 7
║           ➡️ main.value2 = 21888242871839275222246405745257275088548364400416034343698204186575808495586

This vulnerability was identified by our fuzzing tool, zkFuzz. To fix this bug, we need to replace this assert with the === operator, which adds a constraint.

This is a common type of Circom bug, and details about this type of issue can be found in the following resources:

Even if the current behavior is intentional, clarifying this through documentation or comments would help prevent user confusion.

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