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libjade: enable building the Jade firmware as a native library

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Jon Griffiths

83/100 · Strong
libjade: enable building the Jade firmware as a native library

Implements an in-process instance of the Jade firmware. This can be
thought of as an emulated or virtual Jade device that runs in the address
space of the application that links to it.

Also expose a daemon process which allows using libjade from another
process using the existing jadepy API.

This initial implementation is highly experimental and incomplete, and
should under no circumstances be used beyond development and testing.

Co-authored-by: Lawrence Nahum <lawrence@greenaddress.it>
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification
The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a new experimental developer/testing feature called libjade that lets the Jade hardware-wallet firmware be compiled and run as a normal Linux software library or daemon. It is explicitly marked as incomplete, not for real funds, and for development/testing only. There is no indication this is a security fix or that it addresses any vulnerability.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat this as a normal feature addition for development and testing. If deploying libjade, follow the project's warnings and restrict it to non-production, non-real-fund environments until it is formally reviewed and declared safe.

Security signals we found

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New experimental developer-only feature, not a security patch

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README explicitly states: 'UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES BE USED BEYOND DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING'

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README notes missing security properties: no constant-time guarantees, no sensitive stack clearing, no memory locking, no safety/security analysis performed

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No CVE, advisory, or vendor security disclosure language present in commit or references

Risk score

Why this scored 15/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 0/15
Confidence 10/10
Evidence quality 5/5
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