btcd susceptible to consensus failures

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.0056, the 46th percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 5 May 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-3jgf-r68h-xfqm
• OSV: GHSA-3jgf-r68h-xfqm
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34478
• github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/1981
• github.com/btcsuite/btcd/commit/253b688c68b89eca7eb75d4d5443dbdbc928db3c
• delvingbitcoin.org/t/disclosure-btcd-consensus-bugs-due-to-usage-of-signed-transaction-version/455
• github.com/btcsuite/btcd
• github.com/btcsuite/btcd/blob/e4c88c3a3ecb1813529bf3dddc7a865bd418a6b8/blockchain/chain.go#L383C1-L392C3
• github.com/btcsuite/btcd/blob/e4c88c3a3ecb1813529bf3dddc7a865bd418a6b8/txscript/opcode.go#L1172C1-L1178C3
• pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2818

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