Information Exposure The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package bitcoinknots/bitcoin  (opens in a new tab)


Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BITCOINKNOTSBITCOIN-2366932
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Oct 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-8889  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade bitcoinknots/bitcoin to version 0.13.1-knots20161027 or higher.

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. 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.

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