Information Exposure Affecting bitcoinknots/bitcoin package, versions [0.12.0.knots20160226,0.12.0]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd 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)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for bitcoinknots/bitcoin.

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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