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.
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| 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. | |
| Title | Electrum before 4.7.2 Nostr Wallet Connect Plugin Daily Spending Limit Bypass | |
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Electrum
Electrum electrum |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-367 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:electrum:electrum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Electrum
Electrum electrum |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-27T13:09:52.728Z
Reserved: 2026-10-27T13:04:09.906Z
Link: CVE-2026-117603
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-10-27T14:16:40.233
Modified: 2026-10-27T16:03:45.247
Link: CVE-2026-117603
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Updated: 2026-10-27T15:15:04Z
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