CVE-2018-20587
lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.004 · 29 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Bitcoin Core 0.12.0 through 0.17.1 and Bitcoin Knots 0.12.0 through 0.17.x before 0.17.1.knots20181229 have Incorrect Access Control. Local users can exploit this to steal currency by binding the RPC IPv4 localhost port, and forwarding requests to the IPv6 localhost port.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.5
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No weakness (CWE) mapping recorded.
affected products (3)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-core/Patchcnnvd
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-20587cnnvd
- https://medium.com/@lukedashjr/cve-2018-20587-advisory-and-full-disclosure-a3105551e78bcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20587cnnvd
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-20587enisa_euvd
- https://medium.com/%40lukedashjr/cve-2018-20587-advisory-and-full-disclosure-a3105551e78benisa_euvd
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-20587Third Party Advisorynvd
- https://medium.com/%40lukedashjr/cve-2018-20587-advisory-and-full-disclosure-a3105551e78bnvd
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