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Informational 18 Bitcoin

chore: add debug root ML-DSA key

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Ondřej Vejpustek

57/100 · Thin
chore: add debug root ML-DSA key

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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a new public 'debug' root key for a quantum-resistant signature scheme called ML-DSA-44. It is labeled DEBUG, which means it is intended only for development/testing and is not a production key. The change only inserts a public key into three data files; it does not change any code logic. By itself, this commit does not create a security vulnerability, but adding debug keys is a routine part of preparing secure-boot or device-authentication infrastructure.

Recommended action

No immediate action is required. Treat this as a routine infrastructure/key-data update. If reviewing for supply-chain security, verify that DEBUG keys are not compiled into production firmware images or trusted by production verification logic, and confirm the key was generated and stored according to the project's debug-key management policy.

Security signals we found

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Addition of a DEBUG-labeled root public key for ML-DSA-44

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No executable code changes; only key material constants added

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Key is added to HSM/prodtest key list and Python library root-key module

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Existing adjacent keys use the same DEBUG/STAGING naming convention

Risk score

Why this scored 18/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 1/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 2/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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