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CVE-2016-8889

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-10-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

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.

Affected products

• Bitcoin Knots Project Bitcoin Knots: 0.11.0, 0.11.0-rc1, 0.11.0-rc2, 0.11.0-rc3, 0.11.1, 0.11.1-rc1 (+12)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94235
• https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1618462.0
• https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/v0.13.1.knots20161027/doc/release-notes.md
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94235
• https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1618462.0
• https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/v0.13.1.knots20161027/doc/release-notes.md

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