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High 74 Monero

Unify lock requests between apps

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Justin Ehrenhofer

45/100 · Thin
Unify lock requests between apps
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit fixes two real security gaps in a mobile cryptocurrency wallet. First, when the app was sent to the background and later reopened, it could return to an already-unlocked wallet with the password still in memory, letting anyone with the phone reach the seed phrase. The patch now locks the app on resume. Second, simply viewing the seed/secret keys only showed a warning sheet; now it also requires a fingerprint or face scan first. The commit message frames this as 'unifying lock requests between apps,' but the code comments and changes clearly describe the underlying security problems.

Recommended action

Treat this as a security fix and ensure it is included in the next release. Verify that armAppLockRelock() in the shared wallet-core correctly clears sensitive in-memory state and that the biometric prompt cannot be trivially skipped or bypassed on rooted/jailbroken devices. Consider adding tests for background/resume lifecycle and for the seed-reveal biometric gate.

Security signals we found

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Background-resume bypass of app lock with password remaining in memory

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Seed phrase / secret spend key exposure without additional authentication

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Addition of biometric gating before seed reveal

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Addition of re-lock on app backgrounding for mobile

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Route observer to prevent duplicate unlock screens

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Shared wallet-core helper to keep lock behavior consistent across apps

Risk score

Why this scored 74/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 22/30
Exploitability 18/25
Stealth signal 12/15
Affected reach 10/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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