What is CVE-2025-54604?

CVE-2025-54604 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bitcoin Bitcoin_core, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-10-28.

How severe is CVE-2025-54604?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Bitcoin Bitcoin_core

CVE-2025-54604

Bitcoin Core through 29.0 allows Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (issue 1 of 2).

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.004 (31.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Bitcoin Bitcoin_core
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (Not Applicable)
cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-54604?: CVE-2025-54604 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bitcoin Bitcoin_core, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-10-28.
How severe is CVE-2025-54604?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.