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feat(cardano): Message signing

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Peter Jaško

47/100 · Thin
feat(cardano): Message signing
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a new feature to Trezor hardware wallets: the ability to sign arbitrary Cardano messages. It introduces new protocol messages, device firmware code to handle signing, and client libraries to use the feature. The signing process requires user confirmation on the device screen and includes safety checks, such as limiting unhashed payload length and validating ASCII display options. There is no direct evidence in the commit of a security vulnerability, but any new signing feature carries inherent risks if not fully reviewed.

Recommended action

Treat this as a feature addition requiring normal security review. Focus review on: (1) correct binding between displayed payload and signed payload, (2) that user confirmation cannot be bypassed, (3) that the 32-byte guard and hash_payload logic prevent transaction-hash confusion attacks, and (4) that chunk validation prevents size mismatch or memory issues. No immediate patch or incident response is indicated by the commit itself.

Security signals we found

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New signing surface added to Cardano app

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User confirmation required before signing

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Payload size and ASCII ambiguity validation present

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32-byte signature structure ambiguity guard

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No vendor disclosure of security relevance

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No CVE or advisory referenced in commit

Risk score

Why this scored 28/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 5/30
Exploitability 5/25
Stealth signal 5/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 5/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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