CVE-2023-50428

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."
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.3 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 10%
VendorProductVersion
bitcoinbitcoin_core
0.9 ≤
𝑥
≤ 26.0
bitcoinknotsbitcoin_knots
0.9 ≤
𝑥
< 25.1
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
References
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/65c05db660b2ca1d0076b0d8573a6760b3228068/src/kernel/mempool_options.h#L46-L53
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/28408#issuecomment-1844981799
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tags
https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/aed49ce8989334c364a219a6eb016a3897d4e3d7/doc/release-notes.md
https://twitter.com/LukeDashjr/status/1732204937466032285
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/65c05db660b2ca1d0076b0d8573a6760b3228068/src/kernel/mempool_options.h#L46-L53
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/28408#issuecomment-1844981799
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tags
https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/aed49ce8989334c364a219a6eb016a3897d4e3d7/doc/release-notes.md
https://twitter.com/LukeDashjr/status/1732204937466032285