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In #5120, EIP-7044 support got added to the state transition function to force `CAPELLA_FORK_VERSION` to be used when validiting `VoluntaryExit` messages, irrespective of their `epoch`. In #5637, similar logic was added when batch verifying BLS signatures, which is used during gossip validation (libp2p gossipsub, and req/resp). However, that logic did not match the one introduced in #5120, and only uses `CAPELLA_FORK_VERSION` when a `VoluntaryExit`'s `epoch` was set to a value `>= CAPELLA_FORK_EPOCH`. Otherwise, `BELLATRIX_FORK_VERSION` would still be used when validating `VoluntaryExit`, e.g., with `epoch` set to `0`, as is the case in this Holesky block: - https://holesky.beaconcha.in/slot/1076985#voluntary-exits Extracting the correct logic from #5120 into a function, and reusing it when verifying BLS signatures fixes this issue, and also leverages the exhaustive EF test suite that covers the (correct) #5120 logic. This fix only affects networks that have EIP-7044 applied (post-Deneb). Without the fix, Deneb blocks with a `VoluntaryExit` with `epoch` set to `< CAPELLA_FORK_EPOCH` incorrectly fail to validate despite being valid. Incorrect blocks that contain a malicious `VoluntaryExit` with `epoch` set to `< CAPELLA_FORK_EPOCH` and signed using `BELLATRIX_FORK_VERSION` _would_ pass the BLS verification stage, but subsequently fail the state transition logic. Such blocks would still correctly be labeled invalid.