cryptomedium

Untrusted Node

hackthebox

Task: MITM attack on BB84-like QKD protocol as a compromised Trusted Node between Alice and Bob. Solution: Exploit Photon Number Splitting (PNS) vulnerability by measuring k>=2 qubit copies in both Z and X bases, then substitute gates during basis reconciliation to recover the quantum key.

$ ls tags/ techniques/
bb84_mitm_attackdual_basis_measurementbasis_reconciliation_exploitationphoton_number_splitting

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