CVE-2024-38359CWE-20

Lightning Network Daemon Onion Bomb

Medium · published June 20, 2024

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
46.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00572 · 46.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
Published
2024-06-20T22:16Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 JUN 22:16Z
    Lightning Network Daemon Onion Bomb
    cvelistv5