CVE-2026-117603
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Electrum before 4.7.2 contains a spending limit bypass vulnerability in the Nostr Wallet Connect plugin that allows malicious NWC clients to exceed daily_limit_sat by exploiting non-atomic budget checks and millisatoshi truncation. Attackers can send concurrent pay_invoice requests that pass budget_allows_spend() before add_to_budget() runs, or repeatedly pay msat amounts that are floored to whole satoshis, to drain funds beyond the limit.
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-27 14:16:40.233000
Last modified
2026-10-27 16:03:45.247000
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-10-27T14:16:40.233",
"lastModified": "2026-10-27T16:03:45.247",
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