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CVE-2020-26896

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-26896 describes a critical vulnerability in LND (Lightning Network Daemon) versions prior to 0.11.0-beta, where the software failed to properly verify HTLC settlement before releasing preimages, leading to a hash-and-amount collision risk. This flaw, rated 8.2 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N), allowed a malicious actor to intercept and steal funds from a victim node, also compromising receiver privacy. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability garnered significant community attention and media coverage, indicating its perceived severity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lightning_network_daemon_project:lightning_network_daemon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lightning_network_daemon_project:lightning_network_daemon:0.11.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lightning_network_daemon_project:lightning_network_daemon:0.11.0:beta_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lightning_network_daemon_project:lightning_network_daemon:0.11.0:beta_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lightning_network_daemon_project:lightning_network_daemon:0.11.0:beta_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.2HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0074 is in the 26th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

gist.github.com / ariard/6bdeb995565d1cc292753e1ee4ae402d
Third Party Advisory
lists.linuxfoundation.org / pipermail/lightning-dev/2020-October/002855.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.linuxfoundation.org / pipermail/lightning-dev/2020-October/002857.html
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory