Fixes MetaMask/metamask-extension#8626 - verifies password on requesting seed phrase (#9063)

app/scripts/metamask-controller.js

@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ export default class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
 
       // vault management
       submitPassword: nodeify(this.submitPassword, this),
+      verifyPassword: nodeify(this.verifyPassword, this),
 
       // network management
       setProviderType: nodeify(networkController.setProviderType, networkController),
@@ -808,6 +809,15 @@ export default class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
     return this.keyringController.fullUpdate()
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Submits a user's password to check its validity.
+   *
+   * @param {string} password The user's password
+   */
+  async verifyPassword (password) {
+    await this.keyringController.verifyPassword(password)
+  }
+
   /**
    * @type Identity
    * @property {string} name - The account nickname.

package.json

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     "eth-json-rpc-filters": "^4.1.1",
     "eth-json-rpc-infura": "^4.0.2",
     "eth-json-rpc-middleware": "^5.0.2",
-    "eth-keyring-controller": "^6.0.1",
+    "eth-keyring-controller": "^6.1.0",
     "eth-method-registry": "^1.2.0",
     "eth-phishing-detect": "^1.1.4",
     "eth-query": "^2.1.2",

ui/app/store/actions.js

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ export function createNewVault (password) {
 
 export function verifyPassword (password) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    background.submitPassword(password, (error) => {
+    background.verifyPassword(password, (error) => {
       if (error) {
         return reject(error)
       }
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ export function verifySeedPhrase () {
 export function requestRevealSeedWords (password) {
   return async (dispatch) => {
     dispatch(showLoadingIndication())
-    log.debug(`background.submitPassword`)
+    log.debug(`background.verifyPassword`)
 
     try {
       await verifyPassword(password)

yarn.lock

@@ -10131,10 +10131,10 @@ eth-keyring-controller@^5.3.0, eth-keyring-controller@^5.6.1:
     loglevel "^1.5.0"
     obs-store "^4.0.3"
 
-eth-keyring-controller@^6.0.1:
+eth-keyring-controller@^6.1.0:
-  version "6.0.1"
+  version "6.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eth-keyring-controller/-/eth-keyring-controller-6.0.1.tgz#6a4cdd5802b0587320c711be6c1752b2a88221aa"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eth-keyring-controller/-/eth-keyring-controller-6.1.0.tgz#dc9313d0b793e085dc1badf84dd4f5e3004e127e"
-  integrity sha512-60j71F1HgLcvwzg7U5R45bA/kgQSUlmiZrsUIIhW4qS7QOYqJn0OQ64enf0ZaxMMPVVcKSfCDersYJiqm/yrlw==
+  integrity sha512-wPxH++98VDBcDv9YkPzxhZC0gF1ixuRbyKR2u/NOT/roBpNQDe4reqyllBRC7jhPehiKnRxzf7r6HEyirRnPxQ==
   dependencies:
     bip39 "^2.4.0"
     bluebird "^3.5.0"