CVE-2025-46598

Q: How do I fix CVE-2025-46598?

Upgrade bitcoin core to 0.30.0 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2025-46598 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-46598 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.33% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 25% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2025-46598?

CVE-2025-46598 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2025-46598 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for bitcoin core (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Bitcoin Core through 29.0 allows a denial of service via a crafted transaction.

CWE-405

How to fix

Remediation Available

bitcoin coreNVD

Affected:< 0.30.0Fixed in:0.30.0CVE-2025-46598derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.33%probability of exploitation in 30 days

25thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 25% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

bitcoincore.org

Release Notes1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2019-11479	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-11187	High	7.5	15%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-8677	High	7.5	11%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-38447	High	8.6	2.1%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-21359	Medium	5.9	1.7%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-15492	High	7.5	1.1%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2025-46598?

Upgrade bitcoin core to 0.30.0 or later.

Is CVE-2025-46598 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-46598 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.33% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 25% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2025-46598?

CVE-2025-46598 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2025-46598 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for bitcoin core (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-02.