Improper Access Control in Lightning Network Daemon

HIGH 7.5CVE-2019-12999 · GHSA-78hj-86cr-6j2v · GO-2022-0807 · Published 31/01/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2019-12999 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd, network daemon (lightning).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.2%, higher than 82.8% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 0.7.1-beta, 0.7 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd Go	`< 0.7.1-beta`	`0.7.1-beta`
network daemon lightning	`< 0.7`	`0.7`

Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) before 0.7 allows attackers to trigger loss of funds because of Incorrect Access Control.

NVD description

Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) before 0.7 allows attackers to trigger loss of funds because of Incorrect Access Control.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

< 0.7.1-beta

0.7.1-beta

< 0.7

0.7

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