What is CVE-2018-20587?

CVE-2018-20587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bitcoin Bitcoin_core. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-20587?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-20587 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Bitcoin Bitcoin_core

CVE-2018-20587

Bitcoin Core 0.12.0 through 0.17.1 and Bitcoin Knots 0.12.0 through 0.17.x before 0.17.1.knots20181229 have Incorrect Access Control. Local users can exploit this to steal currency by binding the RPC IPv4 localhost port, and forwarding req…

EPSS: 0.003 (26.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20587?: CVE-2018-20587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bitcoin Bitcoin_core. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-20587?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-20587 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.