Matt Morehouse uncovers a critical #Lightning node #DoS vulnerability.
“LND versions prior to 0.17.0 are vulnerable to a DoS attack where malicious onion packets cause the node to instantly run out of memory (OOM) and crash.”
https://morehouse.github.io/lightning/lnd-onion-bomb/
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2024-06-18 22:44:56
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2024-06-18 22:44:56Event JSON
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