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Informational 20 Bitcoin

auth: add unattended pin selection for rpc tests

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Mike Tolkachev

60/100 · Adequate
auth: add unattended pin selection for rpc tests
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Mentions testing or verification✓ Names security-relevant behavior explicitly! No meaningful explanatory body
The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a debug-only feature that lets automated tests set or change the device's PIN over an internal RPC message. It only compiles when special debug flags are enabled and is not present in normal production firmware. The change itself is a test helper, but it touches the sensitive PIN-entry path, so it deserves careful review to ensure it cannot accidentally end up in a shipping build.

Recommended action

Verify that CONFIG_DEBUG_UNATTENDED_CI is never enabled in production or release firmware builds, and that the new debug_set_pin RPC is rejected or absent in those configurations. Review that the debug PIN context cannot influence normal PIN entry when the flag is disabled. No immediate patch is required if the feature is strictly test-only.

Security signals we found

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New RPC endpoint debug_set_pin can set/change the unlock PIN

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PIN-handling code path modified to read from a mutable debug context instead of a fixed constant

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Code is wrapped in CONFIG_DEBUG_UNATTENDED_CI and CONFIG_DEBUG_MODE preprocessor guards

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Default test PIN changed from 012345 to 12345

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No production release or security advisory referenced in commit materials

Risk score

Why this scored 20/100

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