Headline
GHSA-9gxx-58q6-42p7: Lightning Network Daemon (LND)'s onion processing logic leads to a denial of service
Impact
A parsing vulnerability in lnd’s onion processing logic led to a DoS vector due to excessive memory allocation.
Patches
The issue was patched in lnd v0.17.0. Users should update to a version >= v0.17.0 to be protected.
References
Detailed blog post: https://morehouse.github.io/lightning/lnd-onion-bomb/
Developer discussion: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/dos-disclosure-lnd-onion-bomb/979
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- GitHub Advisory Database
- GitHub Reviewed
- CVE-2024-38359
Lightning Network Daemon (LND)'s onion processing logic leads to a denial of service
Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 20, 2024 in lightningnetwork/lnd • Updated Jun 20, 2024
Package
gomod github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd (Go)
Affected versions
< 0.17.0-beta
Patched versions
0.17.0-beta
Description
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Jun 20, 2024
Last updated
Jun 20, 2024