Bitcoin Core Discloses Critical CVE-2024-52911 Vulnerability, With Around 43% of Nodes Worldwide Still at Risk

Bitcoin Core Discloses Critical CVE-2024-52911 Vulnerability, With Around 43% of Nodes Worldwide Still at Risk

2026-05-06 12:12View Original

ChainThink report, according to official announcement, Bitcoin Core developers have disclosed a critical vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-52911.

This vulnerability affects versions from 0.14.1 to 28.4, enabling miners to remotely crash other users' nodes and execute arbitrary code by mining specially crafted blocks.

The flaw was discovered and privately reported by developer Cory Fields in November 2024. The fix was merged in December 2024 and released with the v29 version in April 2025.

The final vulnerable 28.x series was discontinued on April 19. Due to the voluntary nature of Bitcoin full node upgrades, it is estimated that approximately 43% of global nodes are still running outdated software with this vulnerability, exposing them to potential risks.

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