In Bitcoin Core through 26.0 and Bitcoin Knots before 25.1.knots20231115, datacarrier size limits can be bypassed by obfuscating data as code (e.g., with OP_FALSE OP_IF), as exploited in the wild by Inscriptions in 2022 and 2023. NOTE: although this is a vulnerability from the perspective of the Bitcoin Knots project, some others consider it “not a bug.”
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
bitcoin_core | ge | 0.9 | |
bitcoin_core | le | 26.0 | |
bitcoin_knots | ge | 0.9 | |
bitcoin_knots | lt | 25.1 |
en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures
github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/65c05db660b2ca1d0076b0d8573a6760b3228068/src/kernel/mempool_options.h
github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/28408
github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tags
github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/aed49ce8989334c364a219a6eb016a3897d4e3d7/doc/release-notes.md
twitter.com/LukeDashjr/status/1732204937466032285