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CVE-2019-12999

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-01-31 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) before 0.7 allows attackers to trigger loss of funds because of Incorrect Access Control.

Affected products

• Lightning Network Daemon: before 0.7 — fixed in 0.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Lightning Network Daemon 0.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/commits/master
• https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.7.0-beta
• https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2019-September/002174.html
• https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/commits/master
• https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.7.0-beta
• https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2019-September/002174.html

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