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keyring only allows unique key IDs #3334

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ffesti opened this issue Sep 26, 2024 · 0 comments
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keyring only allows unique key IDs #3334

ffesti opened this issue Sep 26, 2024 · 0 comments
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ffesti commented Sep 26, 2024

Key IDs (even long ones) can have collisions - especially when an attacker tries to generate them on purpose. The right behavior is to try all keys with matching key IDs and see if one is able to verify the signature.

@ffesti ffesti added bug crypto Signatures, keys, hashes and their verification labels Sep 26, 2024
@pmatilai pmatilai added this to the 6.0.0 alpha milestone Sep 27, 2024
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