CVE-2018-20587 describes an Incorrect Access Control vulnerability affecting Bitcoin Core versions 0.12.0 through 0.17.1 and Bitcoin Knots versions 0.12.0 through 0.17.x before 0.17.1.knots20181229. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) allows a local attacker to steal currency by binding the RPC IPv4 localhost port and forwarding requests to the IPv6 localhost port, resulting in high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.12.0, <= 0.17.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0.12.0, <= 0.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoinknots:bitcoin_knots:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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