CVE-2026-117603
What it is
Electrum before 4.7.2 contains a spending limit bypass vulnerability in the Nostr Wallet Connect plugin that allows malicious NWC clients to exceed daily_limit_sat by exploiting non-atomic budget checks and millisatoshi truncation. Attackers can send concurrent pay_invoice requests that pass budget_allows_spend() before add_to_budget() runs, or repeatedly pay msat amounts that are floored to whole satoshis, to drain funds beyond the limit.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- 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: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 9.3 CRITICAL (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-367
- Record status
- Awaiting Analysis
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 9.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/3956bff0684f6060fbe8c823c3ee921928cdcaa5
- https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/5222374046d2a92da371d46c79ce0e61e7e2a42d
- https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/security/advisories/GHSA-q7m2-785w-r585
References
- https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/3956bff0684f6060fbe8c823c3ee921928cdcaa5
- https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/5222374046d2a92da371d46c79ce0e61e7e2a42d
- https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/security/advisories/GHSA-q7m2-785w-r585
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/electrum-before-4.7.2-nostr-wallet-connect-plugin-daily-spending-limit-bypass