Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting bitcoin/bitcoin package, versions [,29.1rc2)[30.0rc1,30.0)
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- published30 Oct 2025
- disclosed28 Oct 2025
- creditNiklas Goegge, Eugene Siegel
Introduced: 28 Oct 2025
NewCVE-2025-54605 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade bitcoin/bitcoin to version 29.1rc2, 30.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling when handling invalid blocks. An attacker can cause excessive consumption of CPU or memory.
Note: Exploitability of this bug is limited, as it would take a long time before it would cause the victim to run out of disk space.