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Informational 18 Bitcoin

chore(core): add testing tropic attestation key and certificate

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Ondřej Vejpustek

72/100 · Adequate
chore(core): add testing tropic attestation key and certificate

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✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Uses a recognizable type or scope✓ Mentions testing or verification! No meaningful explanatory body
The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit updates Trezor's internal test-only files that simulate a TROPIC01 secure chip. It replaces old self-signed test certificates with a new four-level test certificate chain and embeds keys directly into config files instead of referencing separate PEM files. The change is labeled as a testing chore, touches only test/development artifacts, and does not alter production firmware code. The most notable security-relevant detail is that a hardcoded X25519 private key is included in test data, but it is explicitly a test key already present in the public source tree and used only for the emulator/unix test build.

Recommended action

No immediate action required for production security. Reviewers should confirm the hardcoded test key is not referenced by production builds and that the new `base_config.yml` values are only used in test/emulator contexts. If the repository is scanned for secrets, these test-only keys should be allow-listed to avoid false positives.

Security signals we found

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Hardcoded cryptographic private key material in test fixtures (l3.key / X25519 seed)

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Addition of certificate chain generation script for test model

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Removal of older self-signed test certificates

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Refactoring of test-only configuration generator; no production firmware code changed

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Commit message explicitly marks change as testing-related and skips changelog

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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