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Is My RPC Response Reliable? Detecting RPC Bugs in Blockchain Client under Context

Year: 2026

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Blockchain clients are fundamental software for running blockchain nodes. They provide users with various RPC (Remote Procedure Call) interfaces to interact with the blockchain. These RPC methods are expected to follow the same specification across different blockchain nodes, providing users with seamless interaction. However, there have been continuous reports on various RPC bugs that can cause unexpected responses or even Denial of Service weaknesses. Existing studies on blockchain RPC bug detection mainly focus on generating the RPC method calls for testing blockchain clients. However, a wide range of the reported RPC bugs are triggered in various blockchain contexts. To the best of our knowledge, little attention is paid to generating proper contexts that can trigger these context-dependent RPC bugs.

Source: IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)

DOI: 10.1145/3744916.3773103

Authors: Zhijie Zhong, Yuhong Nan, Mingxi Ye, Qing Xue, Jiashui Wang, Long Liu, Xinlei Ying, Zibin Zheng

Institutions: Sun Yat-sen University, Zhejiang University

Topic: Software Testing and Debugging Techniques

Subfield: Software

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Key Research and Development Program of China

OpenAlex ID: W7126230830

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