Improper Input Validation Affecting bitcoin/bitcoin package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BITCOINBITCOIN-6114707
  • published10 Dec 2023
  • disclosed9 Dec 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-50428  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation of the script size limits. An attacker can bypass data carrier size restrictions by disguising data as executable code, such as using OP_FALSE OP_IF constructs, which has been observed in the wild with Inscriptions in 2022 and 2023.

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