Security News > 2020 > October > Lightning Network discloses "concerning" crypto vulnerabilities
2020-10-21 08:39
The team behind Lightning Network has released extensive details on the vulnerabilities that were discovered in the cryptocurrency protocol and its software implementations.
Attackers could have exploited these vulnerabilities to cause DoS and to disrupt crypto transactions by intercepting "Smart contracts" made between two parties.
"We are writing to let the Lightning community know about the existence of vulnerabilities that affect lnd versions 0.10.x and below," said Fromknecht.
Lightning Network vulnerabilities fully disclosed this week.
Both vulnerabilities were patched in versions 0.11.0 and above of lnd, the open-source implementation of Lightning Network.