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Informational 15 Bitcoin

Show TRNG words for verification

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Authored by scgbckbone

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Show TRNG words for verification
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Mentions testing or verification! No meaningful explanatory body
The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a new menu option that lets users see the 24 secret words representing the device's random seed before any user-provided dice rolls or coin flips are mixed in. It is a transparency/verification feature, not a security fix. The change log explicitly calls it a bugfix for a previously removed ability to view the device-generated seed, and the code adds warnings that these words must be kept secret.

Recommended action

No security action required; treat as a normal feature/UX regression fix. Reviewers may want to confirm that `ux_show_story` with `sensitive=True` and `blank_object(msg)` adequately protect the displayed seed from lingering in memory, consistent with COLDCARD's threat model.

Security signals we found

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New sensitive-data display path added (BIP39 words shown on screen)

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Message marked sensitive and blanked in finally block

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User-facing warning about secrecy of displayed words

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No input validation changes or privilege changes

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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