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feat(trezorctl): Check device certificate CN and SN consistency.

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Authored by Andrew Kozlik

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feat(trezorctl): Check device certificate CN and SN consistency.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit strengthens the Trezor host-side device-authentication check. Previously, the tool verified that each security chip's certificate chain was signed by a trusted root, but it did not compare the device model and serial number written into the different certificates. The patch now extracts the common name (model) and serial number from each certificate and rejects the device if those values disagree across chips or do not match the model the device claims to be. This closes a gap where a malicious or misconfigured device might present otherwise valid but mismatched certificates.

Recommended action

Treat this as a security-hardening fix and include it in the next release. Users and integrators running device-authentication via trezorctl should update the Python library. No immediate incident response is indicated by the diff alone, but downstream callers that previously expected verify_authentication_response() to return a RootCertificate object must be updated to handle the new AuthenticationResult tuple.

Security signals we found

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Adds certificate subject field validation (CN/SN) during device authentication

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Adds cross-certificate consistency checks across multiple secure-element chains

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Binds device-reported model to certificate common name prefix

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Removes per-pair root comparisons in favor of a unified set-based check

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Raises DeviceNotAuthentic on any inconsistency

Risk score

Why this scored 45/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 12/30
Exploitability 8/25
Stealth signal 5/15
Affected reach 10/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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