CVE-2018-20587

published 2019-02-11

CVE-2018-20587: 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…

Priority P4 24 medium 5.5 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C N I H A N

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
bitcoin	bitcoin_core	0.12.0 – 0.17.1	—
bitcoinknots	bitcoin_knots	0.12.0 – 0.17.0	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvd v2.0 2.1 LOW AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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