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Informational 20 Bitcoin

Merge remote-tracking branch 'agent/benma-agent/passphrase-show-last-after-delete'

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Marko Bencun

50/100 · Thin
Merge remote-tracking branch 'agent/benma-agent/passphrase-show-last-after-delete'
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit changes how the BitBox02 hardware wallet shows the last character of a passphrase or PIN while the user is typing. Previously, deleting a character would immediately re-hide (mask) every character. After this change, deleting a character instead reveals the new last character in plain text until the next keystroke. This is a deliberate user-experience change, not a fix for a vulnerability. It slightly increases the chance that someone watching the device screen could see a character of the user's secret, but only while the user is actively editing it and only the final character.

Recommended action

Treat as a normal firmware change rather than a security patch. If your threat model includes shoulder-surfing during passphrase entry, be aware that deleting characters now briefly exposes the new last character. No immediate action is required for device security.

Security signals we found

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UI behavior change for sensitive input masking

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Last character of passphrase/PIN revealed after deletion

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No changes to crypto, secure storage, or authentication

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No vendor security advisory or CVE referenced in commit

Risk score

Why this scored 20/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 2/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 3/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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