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CVE-2024-38359GO-2024-2943GHSA-9GXX-58Q6-42P7

Lightning Network Daemon Onion Bomb

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 0.17.0, 0.17.0-beta
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • lightningnetwork lnd

    fixed in 0.17.0

  • github.com/lightningnetwork/lndGo

    fixed in 0.17.0-beta

References 5

GitHub · lightningnetwork/lnd

delvingbitcoin.org

lightning.network

morehouse.github.io