The Noir circuit in main.nr contains duplicate entries in the ALLOWED_TREASURE_HASHES array (indices 8 and 9 share the same hash value). This creates a deadlock where only 9 unique treasures can be claimed, permanently locking funds.
Likelihood: High
Impact: High
Protocol Deadlock: The duplicate hash in Noir ensures the hunt can never be "completed" (9/10), which permanently bricks the withdraw() function for the owner, locking any remaining funds forever.
This PoC demonstrates the Protocol Deadlock where duplicate hashes in the Noir circuit prevent reaching the 10th claim.
Permanent Fund Lock (Duplicate Logic):
The fix requires a two-step approach to restore both security and functionality.
Noir Fix: Replace the duplicate hash at index 9 in ALLOWED_TREASURE_HASHES with a unique Pedersen hash. This ensures all 10 allowed hashes are distinct and allows the hunt to complete.
The issue stems from a mismatch between the circuit and the contract’s economic assumptions: the Solidity contract is configured for `MAX_TREASURES = 10` and only allows the owner to call `withdraw()` once `claimsCount >= MAX_TREASURES`, while the Noir circuit’s baked-in `ALLOWED_TREASURE_HASHES` array does not actually contain ten distinct treasures because one hash is duplicated and another expected hash is missing. As a result, under the intended one-claim-per-treasure design described in the README, there are only nine uniquely claimable treasures even though the system is funded and accounted as if ten rewards can be legitimately redeemed. That creates two linked consequences from the same root cause: first, one treasure is effectively unclaimable because no valid proof can ever be generated for the missing allowed hash, and second, the normal “hunt over” withdrawal path becomes bricked because honest participants can never reach ten legitimate unique claims, leaving the post-hunt fund recovery logic via `withdraw` function permanently unreachable. The owner can still intervene through the emergency path.
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