Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 9, 2023· Updated Aug 2, 2024
CVE-2023-50428
CVE-2023-50428
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."
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Affected products
3(expand)+ 1 more
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <=26.0
- Range: <25.1.knots20231115
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposuresmitre
- github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/65c05db660b2ca1d0076b0d8573a6760b3228068/src/kernel/mempool_options.hmitre
- github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/28408mitre
- github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tagsmitre
- github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/aed49ce8989334c364a219a6eb016a3897d4e3d7/doc/release-notes.mdmitre
- twitter.com/LukeDashjr/status/1732204937466032285mitre
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