GitHub Advisory DatabaseGHSA-9GXX-58Q6-42P7Lightning Network Daemon (LND)'s onion processing logic leads to a denial of service
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.7%
Impact
A parsing vulnerability in lnd’s onion processing logic led to a DoS vector due to excessive memory allocation.
Patches
The issue was patched in lnd v0.17.0. Users should update to a version >= v0.17.0 to be protected.
References
Detailed blog post: https://morehouse.github.io/lightning/lnd-onion-bomb/
Developer discussion: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/dos-disclosure-lnd-onion-bomb/979
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd | lt | 0.17.0-beta |
References
delvingbitcoin.org/t/dos-disclosure-lnd-onion-bomb/979
github.com/advisories/GHSA-9gxx-58q6-42p7
github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.17.0-beta
github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/security/advisories/GHSA-9gxx-58q6-42p7
lightning.network
morehouse.github.io/lightning/lnd-onion-bomb
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38359
Related
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.7%