feat(#20): ZK-lite Selective Disclosure for IdentityVector

[Nicolas0315]

Summary

Implements ZK-lite Selective Disclosure for IdentityVector attributes (Issue #20).

Lets a prover share specific profile fields with a verifier without revealing the full IdentityVector. Uses a commitment scheme (SHA-256 + random salt) that provides the same disclosure-without-exposure guarantees as ZK proofs at this stage of the trust infrastructure.

Protocol

1. Prover: salt = randomBytes(16)
2. Prover: commitment = SHA-256(salt + ':' + JSON(value))  [per field]
3. Prover → Verifier: DisclosureEnvelope
   - revealed fields:  { commitment, salt, value }
   - blinded fields:   { commitment }          ← no salt, no value
4. Verifier: recompute commitment, confirm match

New API (packages/katala/core/SelectiveDisclosure.ts)

Function	Description
buildCommitments(vector)	Generate per-field random salts + commitments (keep private)
createEnvelope(secrets, revealKeys)	Selective reveal → DisclosureEnvelope
verifyEnvelope(envelope)	Per-field verification with breakdown
extractRevealedAttributes(envelope)	Extract Partial<IdentityVector> from verified envelope

Tests

19 new tests covering:

• Commitment randomness (different salts on each call)
• Blinding invariants (CommittedField has no salt/value)
• Tamper detection (value swap, salt corruption)
• Full E2E prover/verifier simulation

All 153 existing tests pass.

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RALPH Self-Review (Opus)

Security ✅

• CSPRNG: randomBytes(16) — 128-bit entropy
• SHA-256 via Node native crypto — no third-party deps
• Blinded fields are typed without salt/value — compiler-enforced privacy
• Commitment: SHA-256(salt:JSON(value)) — salt prevents preimage attacks; acceptable for ZK-lite scope

Quality ✅

• 19 tests, full coverage of all code paths
• Type-safe: CommittedField cannot structurally carry value or salt
• Zero mutations to existing files

Style ✅

• Follows existing vitest/TypeScript conventions
• Conventional Commits format

Risk: Low — additive change only, no new runtime dependencies

Closes #20

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[Nicolas0315]

RALPH Review — PR #93: ZK-lite Selective Disclosure for IdentityVector

Verdict: APPROVE ✅

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Correctness ✅

The commitment scheme is sound: SHA-256(salt:JSON(value)) with a per-field random 16-byte salt provides proper binding. The prover/verifier protocol correctly separates what gets shared (DisclosureEnvelope) from what stays private (ProverSecrets). Type system enforces the invariant at compile time — CommittedField structurally cannot carry salt or value.

One minor observation: JSON.stringify(value) ordering is non-deterministic for objects with unordered keys. For the current IdentityVector shape this is fine (prover and verifier both use the same object reference), but worth noting if cross-language or cross-serialization verification is ever needed in the future.

Security ✅

• CSPRNG: randomBytes(16) — 128-bit entropy, appropriate
• SHA-256 via Node native crypto — no third-party deps, no supply chain risk
• Salt prevents preimage and rainbow table attacks on the committed values
• Blinded fields expose only the commitment hash — verifier cannot reverse-compute the value
• No timing oracle exposure (Node's === on hex strings is not constant-time, but this is low-risk for this ZK-lite scope; a future hardening pass could use timingSafeEqual for the commitment comparison in verifyEnvelope)

Test Coverage ✅

19 tests covering all critical paths:

• Salt randomness / non-determinism
• Blinding invariants (CommittedField has no salt/value)
• Tamper detection: value swap ✓, salt corruption ✓
• Full E2E prover/verifier simulation
• Edge cases: all-blinded, all-revealed, empty key list, default vector

Style / Conventions ✅

• Conventional Commits: feat(#20): ... ✓
• Follows existing vitest/TypeScript conventions ✓
• Self-contained — zero mutations to existing files ✓

Minor Suggestions (non-blocking)

1. Future hardening: verifyEnvelope uses === for hex string comparison. Consider crypto.timingSafeEqual for the commitment check if this ever gates sensitive access decisions.
2. JSON serialization note: Add a JSDoc note that JSON.stringify key ordering must be consistent between prover and verifier; currently guaranteed by same-process usage, but worth documenting for future cross-lang compatibility.

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Risk: Low — pure additive change, no existing files modified, no new runtime dependencies. Ready to merge.