CVE-2019-16761
Validation Bypass in slp-validate
5.7
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.37%
Description
Versions of `slp-validate` prior to 1.0.1 are vulnerable to a validation bypass. Bitcoin scripts may cause the validation result from `slp-validate` to differ from the specified SLP consensus. This allows an attacker to create a Bitcoin script that causes a hard-fork from the SLP consensus. ## Recommendation Upgrade to version 1.0.1 or later.
How to fix CVE-2019-16761
To remediate CVE-2019-16761, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.0.1 or later
Is CVE-2019-16761 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 1.0.0, < 1.0.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
References (5)
- ADVISORYgithub.com/advisories/GHSA-wmx6-vxcf-c3gr
- ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16761
- WEBgithub.com/simpleledger/slp-validate/commit/50ad96c2798dad6b9f9a13333dd05232defe5730#diff-fe58606994c412ba56a65141a7aa4a62L123
- WEBgithub.com/simpleledger/slp-validate/security/advisories/GHSA-wmx6-vxcf-c3gr