CVE-2025-54604 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause uncontrolled resource consumption in Bitcoin Core, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-54604?
CVE-2025-54604 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Bitcoin Bitcoin Core, published on 28 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Bitcoin Core through 29.0 allows Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (issue 1 of 2).
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54604?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bitcoin Bitcoin Core.
How do I fix CVE-2025-54604?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-54604 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-54604 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54604 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Bitcoin Core
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6wcj-m5m4-hw9r.