high6.5
CVE-2024-38359
Lightning Network Daemon (LND)'s onion processing logic leads to a denial of service
Impact
### 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](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.17.0-beta). 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
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd | < 0.17.0-beta | 0.17.0-beta |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/dos-disclosure-lnd-onion-bomb/979
- https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.17.0-beta
- https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/security/advisories/GHSA-9gxx-58q6-42p7
- https://lightning.network
- https://morehouse.github.io/lightning/lnd-onion-bomb
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9gxx-58q6-42p7
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38359