README.md

@@ -2659,7 +2659,8 @@ plaintext list of anyone's domain names.
 When a dApp on a blocklisted domain requests a wallet connection, transaction
 approval, or signature, the approval popup displays a prominent red warning
 banner alerting the user. The domain checker matches exact hostnames and all
-parent domains (subdomain matching).
+parent domains (subdomain matching), and checks a hostname written with a
+trailing dot (`name.`) as `name`.
 
 #### Transaction Decoding
 

src/shared/phishingDomains.js

@@ -110,11 +110,14 @@ function hashListed(hash) {
  * Generate hostname variants for subdomain matching.
  * "sub.evil.com" yields ["sub.evil.com", "evil.com"].
  *
+ * A trailing dot is dropped: "evil.com." is the fully qualified spelling of
+ * "evil.com", and the browser loads the same site from either.
+ *
  * @param {string} hostname
  * @returns {string[]}
  */
 function hostnameVariants(hostname) {
-    const h = hostname.toLowerCase();
+    const h = hostname.toLowerCase().replace(/\.$/, "");
     const variants = [h];
     const parts = h.split(".");
     // Parent domains: a.b.c.d -> b.c.d, c.d

tests/phishingDomains.test.js

@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ describe("vendored blocklist", () => {
         expect(isPhishingDomain(LISTED[0].toUpperCase())).toBe(true);
     });
 
+    test("a hostname ending in a dot is the same host", () => {
+        expect(isPhishingDomain(LISTED[1] + ".")).toBe(true);
+        expect(isPhishingDomain("wallet." + LISTED[1] + ".")).toBe(true);
+        expect(isPhishingDomain(CLEAN[0] + ".")).toBe(false);
+    });
+
     test("returns false for an empty or missing hostname", () => {
         expect(isPhishingDomain("")).toBe(false);
         expect(isPhishingDomain(null)).toBe(false);
@@ -133,6 +139,13 @@ describe("hostnameVariants", () => {
     test("lowercases hostnames", () => {
         expect(hostnameVariants("Evil.COM")).toEqual(["evil.com"]);
     });
+
+    test("drops the trailing dot of a fully qualified hostname", () => {
+        expect(hostnameVariants("sub.evil.com.")).toEqual([
+            "sub.evil.com",
+            "evil.com",
+        ]);
+    });
 });
 
 describe("domain hashing", () => {