CVE-2020-26896
mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Prior to 0.11.0-beta, LND (Lightning Network Daemon) had a vulnerability in its invoice database. While claiming on-chain a received HTLC output, it didn't verify that the corresponding outgoing off-chain HTLC was already settled before releasing the preimage. In the case of a hash-and-amount collision with an invoice, the preimage for an expected payment was instead released. A malicious peer could have deliberately intercepted an HTLC intended for the victim node, probed the preimage through a colluding relayed HTLC, and stolen the intercepted HTLC. The impact is a loss of funds in certain situations, and a weakening of the victim's receiver privacy.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.8–8.2
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affected products (3)
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- lightning network daemon project lightning network daemon< 0.11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:lightning_network_daemon_project:lightning_network_daemon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- lightning network daemon project lightning network daemon= 0.11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:lightning_network_daemon_project:lightning_network_daemon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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references (10)
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- https://gist.github.com/ariard/6bdeb995565d1cc292753e1ee4ae402dcnnvd
- https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2020-October/002855.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2020-October/002857.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26896cnnvd
- https://gist.github.com/ariard/6bdeb995565d1cc292753e1ee4ae402denisa_euvd
- https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2020-October/002855.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2020-October/002857.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://gist.github.com/ariard/6bdeb995565d1cc292753e1ee4ae402dThird Party Advisorynvd
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