CVE-2025-46598
Bitcoin Core through 29.0 allows a denial of service via a crafted transaction.
CVE-2025-46598 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Bitcoin Core, published March 20, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 28th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- 5.3 MediumCVSS 3.1, CVE List
- Exploit chance
- 0.34%EPSS, 28th percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
Description
Bitcoin Core through 29.0 allows a denial of service via a crafted transaction.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
Affected products
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Bitcoin Core through 29.0 allows a denial of service via a crafted transaction.
- Record
CVE-2025-46598- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-405
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-208889
Bitcoin Core through 29.0 allows a denial of service via a crafted transaction.
- Record
EUVD-2025-208889- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9mg4-vwmm-mmj9
Bitcoin Core through 29.0 allows a denial of service via a crafted transaction.
Bitcoin Core through 29.0 allows a denial of service via a crafted transaction.
- Record
GHSA-9mg4-vwmm-mmj9- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-405
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Bitcoin Core through 29.0 allows a denial of service via a crafted transaction.
- Record
CVE-2025-46598- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-405
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Bitcoin Core through 29.0 allows a denial of service via a crafted transaction.
- Record
CVE-2025-46598- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.