CVE-2023-50428

Published Dec 9, 2023

Last updated a year ago

CVSS medium 5.3

Overview

Description: In Bitcoin Core through 26.0 and Bitcoin Knots before 25.1.knots20231115, datacarrier size limits can be bypassed by obfuscating data as code (e.g., with OP_FALSE OP_IF), as exploited in the wild by Inscriptions in 2022 and 2023. NOTE: although this is a vulnerability from the perspective of the Bitcoin Knots project, some others consider it "not a bug."
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified
CNA Tags: disputed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.3
Impact score: 1.4
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Hype score is a measure of social media activity compared against trending CVEs from the past 12 months. Max score 100.

Hype score: 2

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "matchCriteriaId": "B1179DE7-9710-433D-83B8-0CE1A7CC8BF7",
            "versionEndIncluding": "26.0",
            "versionStartIncluding": "0.9",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:bitcoinknots:bitcoin_knots:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "matchCriteriaId": "42AEEA35-5598-4E0A-B693-5D0918ED30B7",
            "versionEndExcluding": "25.1",
            "versionStartIncluding": "0.9",
            "vulnerable": true
          }
        ],
        "negate": false,
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.

Overview

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Weaknesses

Social media

Configurations

References