CVE-2018-1000093: Cryptonote

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CryptoNote version version 0.8.9 and possibly later contain a local RPC server which does not require authentication, as a result the walletd and the simplewallet RPC daemons will process any commands sent to them, resulting in remote command execution and a takeover of the cryptocurrency wallet if an attacker can trick an application such as a web browser into connecting and sending a command for example. This attack appears to be exploitable via a victim visiting a webpage hosting malicious content that trigger such behavior.

Affected products

• Cryptonote Cryptonote: up to and including 0.8.9

Published 2018-03-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.