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# Summary
# cabal-install uses expired key policies

A problem was recently discovered in `cabal-install`'s
implementation of the Hackage Security protocol that would allow an
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contacted distributors of older versions (such as Linux
distributions) with a patch that they can apply.

# Background
## Background

Hackage Security is an implementation of [The Update Framework][],
which is a design for a package repository that allows untrusted
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[key policy file]: https://hackage.haskell.org/root.json
[The Update Framework]: https://theupdateframework.io/

# The Issue
## The Issue

A bug in `cabal-install` caused it to skip the verification of the
key policy file's expiration timestamp. This means that users of
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