import_readonly_token bypasses preflight Step 0 binding

[szhygulin]

Summary

Agent + rogue MCP collude to install attacker-controlled readonly token disguised as 'recovery wallet import' during onboarding. import_readonly_token is not wired through preflight Step 0 sentinel binding, unlike prepare_* signing flows. Inv #4 (presence-check) and Inv #7 (contact decoration) do not apply to readonly-token metadata. Newcomer audience especially vulnerable to recovery-context framing.

Repro

Scripts: newcomer-n002-C.2.

Suggested fix

Route import_readonly_token through the same preflight Step 0 sentinel check + Inv #4 (presence-check on token metadata) + Inv #7 (address re-derivation against curated map) as the prepare_* family. Reject installs whose name/description fields claim 'recovery' framing without explicit user confirmation.

Affected tool path

import_readonly_token (and likely import_strategy, share_strategy by analogy — covered by no-broadcast deny but missing positive Step 0 binding)

Defense layer that fired

none (sandbox-block only — methodology gate, not real defense)

Source

Smoke-test batch-05 (matrix-sampled adversarial run, 2026-05-08). Findings: runs/matrix-sampled/batch-05/findings.md.

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[szhygulin]

Closing as architectural (rogue-agent-only), per #536.

importReadonlyToken (src/modules/share/index.ts:136) is read-only — no signing, no broadcast, no recipient-side write — so the preflight Step 0 sentinel, which anchors signing intent, is architecturally inapplicable here, exactly as merged PR #571 ruled for the structurally identical import_strategy ("strategy export has no signing flow").

The hidden-key smuggling vector PR #571 closed for strategy does not exist here either: TokenEnvelope (schemas.ts:136) is a non-strict z.object that strips unknown keys, so no _delegateAuthority-style hidden field survives decode, and every wallet address is per-chain regex-validated. The residual — an attacker token presented under "recovery wallet" framing by a rogue agent + rogue MCP — is advisory social-engineering whose worst case is read-only public chain queries against attacker-chosen addresses; no MCP gate binds it and a rogue agent ignores any "reject recovery framing" rule. Cooperating-agent guidance (surface the issuer name verbatim, flag recovery-context framing) is honest-scope skill advisory, already covered by the advisory-scam architectural close (#536) and the shipped share_strategy skill defenses — not an MCP gate dressed up as a defense against the rogue case it can't defend.