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CVE-2018-20587 Details

Description

Bitcoin Core 0.12.0 through 0.17.1 and Bitcoin Knots 0.12.0 through 0.17.x before 0.17.1.knots20181229 have Incorrect Access Control. Local users can exploit this to steal currency by binding the RPC IPv4 localhost port, and forwarding requests to the IPv6 localhost port.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-20587 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40lukedashjr/cve-2018-20587-advisory-and-full-disclosure-a3105551e78b CVE
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-20587 [email protected]Third Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40lukedashjr/cve-2018-20587-advisory-and-full-disclosure-a3105551e78b [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
bitcoin bitcoin core
>= 0.12.0, <= 0.17.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
bitcoinknots bitcoin knots
>= 0.12.0, <= 0.17.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:bitcoinknots:bitcoin_knots:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-20587
NVD Published Date:
Feb 11, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-20587 Details - Not Deferred