GitHub_MVULNRICHMENT:CVE-2024-38359CVE-2024-38359 Lightning Network Daemon Onion Bomb
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%
The Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) - is a complete implementation of a Lightning Network node. A parsing vulnerability in lnd’s onion processing logic and lead to a DoS vector due to excessive memory allocation. The issue was patched in lnd v0.17.0. Users should update to a version > v0.17.0 to be protected. Users unable to upgrade may set the --rejecthtlc CLI flag and also disable forwarding on channels via the UpdateChanPolicyCommand, or disable listening on a public network interface via the --nolisten flag as a mitigation.
CNA Affected
[
{
"vendor": "lightningnetwork",
"product": "lnd",
"versions": [
{
"version": "< 0.17.0",
"status": "affected"
}
]
}
]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%