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Informational 24 Bitcoin

keep NFC export tag live for repeated probes

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What the developer wrote

Authored by scgbckbone

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keep NFC export tag live for repeated probes
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This is a bugfix for the COLDCARD hardware wallet's NFC sharing feature. Previously, when exporting data over NFC, the device would write the tag contents fresh for each tap/scan attempt. Some phones check the tag multiple times before accepting it, so the repeated re-writes could cause the export to fail or behave inconsistently. The fix writes the NFC tag once and keeps it 'live' until the user exits, allowing repeated probes to succeed. There is no direct evidence in the commit that this is a security vulnerability; it appears to be a reliability/usability fix.

Recommended action

Treat as a normal reliability bugfix. No immediate security action required. Reviewers may want to confirm that keeping the tag live does not extend the window for unintended NFC reads, but the change does not appear to alter access controls or data exposure.

Security signals we found

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NFC export reliability fix

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Repeated NFC probe handling

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NDEF tag state persistence

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No explicit security claim in commit message

Risk score

Why this scored 24/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 5/30
Exploitability 3/25
Stealth signal 2/15
Affected reach 4/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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