CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-36689
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-03-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-521
Description
An issue discovered in com.samourai.wallet.PinEntryActivity.java in Streetside Samourai Wallet 0.99.96i allows attackers to view sensitive information and decrypt data via a brute force attack that uses a recovered samourai.dat file. The PIN is 5 to 8 digits, which may be insufficient in this situation.
Affected configurations
• samourai-wallet-android project samourai-wallet-android 0.99.96i
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-521 Weak Password Requirements weakness
References
- https://code.samourai.io/wallet/samourai-wallet-android/-/blob/develop/app/src/main/java/com/samourai/wallet/PinEntryActivity.java#L302 Third Party Advisory
- https://vrls.ws/posts/2021/08/samourai-wallet-bitcoin-pin-authentication-bypass-crypto/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://code.samourai.io/wallet/samourai-wallet-android/-/blob/develop/app/src/main/java/com/samourai/wallet/PinEntryActivity.java#L302 Third Party Advisory
- https://vrls.ws/posts/2021/08/samourai-wallet-bitcoin-pin-authentication-bypass-crypto/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory