Medium
Security advisory
In Bitcoin Knots v0.11.0.ljr20150711 through v0.13.0.knots20160814 (fixed in v0.13.1.knots20161027), the debug console stores sensitive information including private keys and the wallet passphrase in its persistent command history.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-8889
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:50 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Bitcoin Knots v0.11.0.ljr20150711 through v0.13.0.knots20160814 (fixed in v0.13.1.knots20161027), the debug console stores sensitive information including private keys and the wallet passphrase in its persistent command history.
osv:CVE-2016-8889
Complete source record
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