Medium (6.5) in bitcoin bitcoin core. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
In Bitcoin Core before 25.1, an attacker can cause a node to not download the latest block, because there can be minutes of delay when an announcing peer stalls instead of complying with the peer-to-peer protocol specification.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
6.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 25% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)