Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting lnbits package, versions [,0.12.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-LNBITS-7675889
  • published 12 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 1 Aug 2024
  • credit fishcakeday,Semisol

How to fix?

Upgrade lnbits to version 0.12.6 or higher.

Overview

lnbits is a LNbits, free and open-source Lightning wallet and accounts system.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in eclair.py, which treats a payment in progress as failed if it exceeds the timeout duration. This allows attackers to make payments that are really being settled appear cancelled.

References

CVSS Scores

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version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.1 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    High
  • Availability (VA)
    None
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None