Wallet dossier

Ledger

hardwareactive

Self-custody hardware signer ecosystem with multiple Nano and touchscreen device generations plus the Ledger Wallet companion application.

Developer / company
Ledger SAS
Origin
France
Launch
2014
Custody
self_custody
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-08-14

Product family

Products

Chronology

Lifecycle timeline

2016
product_released

Ledger Nano S launched

Product: Ledger Nano S

Ledger launched the Nano S hardware signer in 2016.

Evidence: 1
2018-07-09
product_released

Ledger Live launched as Ledger companion application

Product: Ledger Wallet

Ledger launched Ledger Live as a new all-in-one companion application for Ledger devices on Windows, Mac, and Linux. The same product lineage was later renamed Ledger Wallet in 2025.

Evidence: 1
2020-07-14
customer_data_breachhigh

E-commerce and marketing database breach discovered

Ledger discovered unauthorized access to its e-commerce and marketing database through a third-party API key; later publication of the stolen database exposed a much larger set of customer records.

Scope: customer_dataFunds affected: noAction: monitorEvidence: 2
2022-04-05
product_released

Ledger Nano S Plus became generally available

Product: Ledger Nano S Plus

Ledger made the Nano S Plus generally available.

Evidence: 1
2022-06-22
sales_discontinued

Ledger announced Nano S retirement from production

Product: Ledger Nano S

Ledger announced retirement of Nano S production and replacement by Nano S Plus while stating existing Nano S support and maintenance would continue.

Evidence: 1
2023-12-14
supply_chain_compromisecritical

Malicious Ledger Connect Kit versions published through compromised NPM account

A former employee phishing compromise enabled malicious Ledger Connect Kit packages to be published to NPM and dynamically loaded by some dApps, causing a small number of users to sign draining transactions.

Scope: supply_chainFunds affected: yesAction: monitorEvidence: 1
2024-05-28
product_released

Ledger Stax shipping began

Product: Ledger Stax

Ledger began shipping Ledger Stax to pre-order customers.

Evidence: 1
2025-10
rebranded

Ledger Live renamed Ledger Wallet

Product: Ledger Wallet

Ledger transitioned the companion application branding from Ledger Live to Ledger Wallet.

Evidence: 1
2025-10-23
product_released

Ledger Nano Gen5 launched

Product: Ledger Nano Gen5

Ledger launched Nano Gen5 at Ledger Op3n 2025.

Evidence: 1
2026-05
supply_chain_compromisehigh

Independent hardware research documented a physical implant inside a Ledger Nano X

Product: Ledger Nano X

Hardware security researcher Joe Grand publicly presented reverse-engineering research on a real-world Ledger Nano X unit modified with an additional physical hardware implant at hardwear.io USA 2026. The finding documents that a physically altered unit can exist independently of a vulnerability in Ledger's Secure Element or firmware. It does not establish how many devices were modified, whether a buyer suffered losses, or a link to later CryptoBilis-related reports.

Scope: supply_chainFunds affected: unknownAction: monitorEvidence: 4
2026-08-27
vulnerability_disclosed

Ledger disclosed command-interleaving signing vulnerability class

Ledger disclosed that applications built with affected Ledger Secure SDK releases could accept a new APDU command while an earlier command was awaiting on-screen user review, allowing signing parameters held in application state to be changed after display but before signature generation when an application did not independently validate its state machine.

Scope: transaction_signingFunds affected: unknownAction: updateEvidence: 1
2026-08-27
vulnerability_disclosedhigh

Ledger disclosed Ethereum clear-signing array-count truncation vulnerability

Ledger disclosed an Ethereum app Generic Transaction Parser flaw in which an attacker-controlled 16-bit array element count was stored in an 8-bit countdown field. For a 257-element array, the device could review only one operation while its signature still authorized the complete transaction.

Scope: transaction_signingFunds affected: unknownAction: updateEvidence: 1
2026-08-27
vulnerability_disclosed

Ledger disclosed Ethereum swap token-approval substitution vulnerability

Ledger disclosed an Ethereum app flaw in the token-payment path used by the Exchange application during swaps: the path checked the expected address and quantity but not the requested operation type, so a token approval carrying the expected values could pass validation and be signed without being displayed as an approval.

Scope: transaction_signingFunds affected: unknownAction: updateEvidence: 1
2026-10-09
policy_changehigh

Ledger asks CryptoBilis reseller to pause device sales amid reported customer fund losses

Ledger Support said it was investigating reports of lost funds among Southeast Asian customers who purchased Ledger devices from reseller CryptoBilis. As a precaution pending its investigation, Ledger requested that CryptoBilis pause all Ledger device sales and shipments. Ledger advised customers who bought from the reseller within the previous 90 days not to initialize unused devices and advised those who had set up a device to consider moving their assets to a new Ledger signer with a newly generated seed.

Scope: noneFunds affected: unknownAction: move_funds, rotate_seed, monitorEvidence: 3

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