CVE-2023-50428 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Reference

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures https://twitter.com/LukeDashjr/status/1732204937466032285 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/28408#issuecomment-1844981799 https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/aed49ce8989334c364a219a6eb016a3897d4e3d7/doc/release-notes.md https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tags

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

5.3