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CVE-2019-12999

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-12999 describes an Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) versions prior to 0.7. This flaw allows attackers to trigger a loss of funds due to improper authorization. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, directly impacting integrity by enabling unauthorized fund transfers. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lightning:network_daemon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0224 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/lightningnetwork/lndFixed in: 0.7.1-beta

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-78hj-86cr-6j2vhigh

Improper Access Control in Lightning Network Daemon

May 18, 2021

References

github.com / lightningnetwork/lnd/commits/master
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.7.0-beta
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.linuxfoundation.org / pipermail/lightning-dev/2019-September/002174.html
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory