CVE-2016-8889
medium
CVSS v3
6.2
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.2
Description
In Bitcoin Knots v0.11.0.ljr20150711 through v0.13.0.knots20160814 (fixed in v0.13.1.knots20161027), the debug console stores sensitive information including private keys and the wallet passphrase in its persistent command history.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
62%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitcoin_knots_project | bitcoin_knots | 0.11.0 | |
| bitcoin_knots_project | bitcoin_knots | 0.11.1 | |
| bitcoin_knots_project | bitcoin_knots | 0.11.2 | |
| bitcoin_knots_project | bitcoin_knots | 0.12.0 | |
| bitcoin_knots_project | bitcoin_knots | 0.12.0.knots20160226 | |
| bitcoin_knots_project | bitcoin_knots | 0.12.1.knots20160629 | |
| bitcoin_knots_project | bitcoin_knots | 0.13.0.knots20160814 | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94235
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1618462.0
- https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/v0.13.1.knots20161027/doc/release-notes.md
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94235
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1618462.0
- https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/v0.13.1.knots20161027/doc/release-notes.md
CWEs
CWE-200 CWE-310
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.