SCA: security update for github.com/btcsuite/btcd (GHSA-3jgf-r68h-xfqm)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 409573

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- btcd before 0.24.0 does not correctly implement the consensus rules outlined in BIP 68 and BIP 112, making
it susceptible to consensus failures. Specifically, it uses the transaction version as a signed integer
when it is supposed to be treated as unsigned. There can be a chain split and loss of funds.
(CVE-2024-34478)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3jgf-r68h-xfqm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 409573

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-34478

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-34478

cwe: CWE-436