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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-10-28 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:35
VLAI
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.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-10-28 00:00
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