CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-8889
6.2 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-10-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.2 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200, CWE-310
Description
In Bitcoin Knots v0.11.0.ljr20150711 through v0.13.0.knots20160814 (fixed in v0.13.1.knots20161027), the debug console stores sensitive information including private keys and the wallet passphrase in its persistent command history.
Affected configurations
• bitcoin knots project bitcoin knots 0.11.0
• bitcoin knots project bitcoin knots 0.11.1
• bitcoin knots project bitcoin knots 0.11.2
• bitcoin knots project bitcoin knots 0.12.0
• bitcoin knots project bitcoin knots 0.12.0.knots20160226
• bitcoin knots project bitcoin knots 0.12.1.knots20160629
• bitcoin knots project bitcoin knots 0.13.0.knots20160814
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94235 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1618462.0 Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/v0.13.1.knots20161027/doc/release-notes.md Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94235 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1618462.0 Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/v0.13.1.knots20161027/doc/release-notes.md Patch, Vendor Advisory