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FKIE_CVE-2016-8889

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-10-28 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:55

Severity

6.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

In Bitcoin Knots v0.11.0.ljr20150711 through v0.13.0.knots20160814 (fixed in v0.13.1.knots20161027), the debug console stores sensitive information including private keys and the wallet passphrase in its persistent command history.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94235	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1618462.0	Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/v0.13.1.knots20161027/doc/release-notes.md	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94235	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1618462.0	Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/v0.13.1.knots20161027/doc/release-notes.md	Patch, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.11.0
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.11.0
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.11.0
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.11.0
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.11.1
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.11.1
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.11.1
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.11.2
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.11.2
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.12.0
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.12.0
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.12.0
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.12.0
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.12.0
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.12.0
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.12.0.knots20160226
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.12.1.knots20160629
bitcoin_knots_project	bitcoin_knots	0.13.0.knots20160814

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CVE-2016-8889 (GCVE-0-2016-8889)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-10-28 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:35

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

3 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94235	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1618462.0	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/v0.1…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2016-10-28 00:00

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Sightings

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FKIE_CVE-2016-8889

CVE-2016-8889 (GCVE-0-2016-8889)

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