{"id":"CVE-2023-50428","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.\"","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:14.676810568Z","published":"2023-12-09T00:00:00Z","database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"extracted_events":[{"fixed":"25.1.knots20231115"}],"source":"DESCRIPTION"}],"cna_assigner":"mitre","isDisputed":true,"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/50xxx/CVE-2023-50428.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/65c05db660b2ca1d0076b0d8573a6760b3228068/src/kernel/mempool_options.h#L46-L53"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tags"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/aed49ce8989334c364a219a6eb016a3897d4e3d7/doc/release-notes.md"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://twitter.com/LukeDashjr/status/1732204937466032285"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/50xxx/CVE-2023-50428.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50428"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/28408#issuecomment-1844981799"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin","events":[{"introduced":"460ccfb7b1d63ef251ee5a881408190f4d41ce20"},{"fixed":"44d8b13c81e5276eb610c99f227a4d090cc532f6"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"26.0"},{"introduced":"0.9"},{"last_affected":"26.0"}],"source":["DESCRIPTION","CPE_RANGE"]}},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin","events":[{"introduced":"92d25e4eebbc20c4b056faeab688b2cef5790bac"},{"fixed":"aed49ce8989334c364a219a6eb016a3897d4e3d7"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0.9"},{"fixed":"25.1"}],"source":"CPE_RANGE","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:bitcoinknots:bitcoin_knots:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-50428.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}