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CVE-2025-65548 (GCVE-0-2025-65548)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-08 00:00 – Updated: 2025-12-11 14:36
VLAI
Summary
NUT-14 allows cashu tokens to be created with a preimage hash. However, nutshell (cashubtc/nuts) before 0.18.0 do not validate the size of preimage when the token is spent. The preimage is stored by the mint and attacker can exploit this vulnerability to fill the mint's db nd disk with arbitrary data.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-1284 - Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
Assigner
References
6 references
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