Bitcoin Core: Discovered 3 new vulnerabilities, one of which can remotely cause node crashes
Oct 29, 2026 02:26:50
Bitcoin Core has discovered 3 new vulnerabilities, one of which allows attackers to remotely crash nodes. This vulnerability can affect nodes running Windows, macOS, or BSD by exhausting memory, while Linux nodes are not affected by this attack.
Another vulnerability can gradually deplete node memory, and the third may corrupt blockchain rollback data.