HIGHCVE-2026-44714Published Modified CNA GitHub_M
CVE-2026-44714: bitcoinj: ScriptExecution P2PKH/P2WPKH Verification Bypass
The bitcoinj library is a Java implementation of the Bitcoin protocol. Prior to 0.17.1, ScriptExecution.correctlySpends() contains two fast-path verification bugs for standard P2PKH and native P2WPKH spends in core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/script/ScriptExecution.java. In both branches, bitcoinj verifies an attacker-controlled signature/public-key pair but fails to verify that the public key is the one committed to by the output being spent. As a result, any attacker keypair can satisfy bitcoinj's local verification for arbitrary P2PKH and P2WPKH outputs. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.17.1.
Metrics
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.5
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
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- Affected Products
- 1
Affected packages
- bitcoinj / bitcoinj< 0.17.1
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N