CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-38359
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2024-06-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
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.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/dos-disclosure-lnd-onion-bomb/979 delvingbitcoin.org
- https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.17.0-beta github.com
- https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/security/advisories/GHSA-9gxx-58q6-42p7 github.com
- https://lightning.network lightning.network
- https://morehouse.github.io/lightning/lnd-onion-bomb morehouse.github.io
- https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/dos-disclosure-lnd-onion-bomb/979 delvingbitcoin.org
- https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.17.0-beta github.com
- https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/security/advisories/GHSA-9gxx-58q6-42p7 github.com
- https://lightning.network lightning.network
- https://morehouse.github.io/lightning/lnd-onion-bomb morehouse.github.io