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CVE-2019-12998

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-12998 is an Incorrect Access Control vulnerability affecting c-lightning versions prior to 0.7.1, which could lead to a loss of funds. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) can be exploited remotely with low complexity and no user interaction, resulting in a high impact on integrity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE. It's important to note that c-lightning's README.md explicitly states it's for testing and not real funds.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:elementsproject:c-lightning:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0177 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / ElementsProject/lightning/commits/master
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.linuxfoundation.org / pipermail/lightning-dev/2019-September/002174.html
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory