CVE-2020-26896
What it is
Prior to 0.11.0-beta, LND (Lightning Network Daemon) had a vulnerability in its invoice database. While claiming on-chain a received HTLC output, it didn't verify that the corresponding outgoing off-chain HTLC was already settled before releasing the preimage. In the case of a hash-and-amount collision with an invoice, the preimage for an expected payment was instead released. A malicious peer could have deliberately intercepted an HTLC intended for the victim node, probed the preimage through a colluding relayed HTLC, and stolen the intercepted HTLC. The impact is a loss of funds in certain situations, and a weakening of the victim's receiver privacy.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data tampering.
- Exploit odds
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.7% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 8.2 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.7% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-354
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Lightning Network Daemon Project Lightning Network Daemon < 0.11.0
- Lightning Network Daemon Project Lightning Network Daemon 0.11.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 8.2
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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Fix and advisories
- https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2020-October/002857.html
- https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2020-October/002857.html
References
- https://gist.github.com/ariard/6bdeb995565d1cc292753e1ee4ae402d
- https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2020-October/002855.html
- https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2020-October/002857.html
- https://gist.github.com/ariard/6bdeb995565d1cc292753e1ee4ae402d
- https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2020-October/002855.html
- https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2020-October/002857.html