CVE-2024-52922

Summary

CVE-2024-52922 is a vulnerability affecting Bitcoin Core versions prior to 25.1. This issue arises from a peer-to-peer protocol misconfiguration, where an attacker can intentionally delay the announcement of new blocks. As a result, nodes may miss out on critical blockchain updates, potentially leading to a divergence in the blockchain network. The attacker can exploit this delay by stalling the announcing peer, causing the local node to not download the latest block. This vulnerability could impact the syncing and integrity of Bitcoin Core nodes.

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