CVE-2023-50428

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50428
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-50428.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-50428
Published
2023-12-09T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-10-28T02:30:45Z
Summary
[none]
Details

In Bitcoin Core through 26.0 and Bitcoin Knots before 25.1.knots20231115, datacarrier size limits can be bypassed by obfuscating data as code (e.g., with OP_FALSE OP_IF), as exploited in the wild by Inscriptions in 2022 and 2023. NOTE: although this is a vulnerability from the perspective of the Bitcoin Knots project, some others consider it "not a bug."

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner":  "mitre",
    "isDisputed":  true,
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/50xxx/CVE-2023-50428.json",
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "range":  [
                        {
                            "fixed":  "25.1.knots20231115"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source":  "DESCRIPTION"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin
Events
Introduced
460ccfb7b1d63ef251ee5a881408190f4d41ce20
Last Affected
44d8b13c81e5276eb610c99f227a4d090cc532f6
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "26.0"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "DESCRIPTION"
        },
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0.9"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "26.0"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
        }
    ]
}
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin
Events
Introduced
92d25e4eebbc20c4b056faeab688b2cef5790bac
Fixed
aed49ce8989334c364a219a6eb016a3897d4e3d7
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:bitcoinknots:bitcoin_knots:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0.9"
                },
                {
                    "fixed":  "25.1"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-50428.json"