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CVE-2018-20586

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-03-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-116

Description

bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt prior to 0.17.1 allow injection of arbitrary data into the debug log via an RPC call.

Affected products

• Bitcoin Core: 0.12.0-rc1, 0.12.0-rc2, 0.12.0-rc3, 0.12.0-rc4, 0.12.0-rc5, 0.12.1 (+45)

References

• https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-20586
• https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-20586

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