NUT-14 allows cashu tokens to be created with a preimage hash. However, nutshell (cashubtc/nuts) before 0.18.0 do not validate the size of preimage when the token is spent. The preimage is stored by the mint and attacker can exploit this vulnerability to fill the mint's db nd disk with arbitrary data.
History

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cashubtc
Cashubtc nutshell
Vendors & Products Cashubtc
Cashubtc nutshell

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:30:00 +0000

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Description NUT-14 allows cashu tokens to be created with a preimage hash. However, nutshell (cashubtc/nuts) before 0.18.0 do not validate the size of preimage when the token is spent. The preimage is stored by the mint and attacker can exploit this vulnerability to fill the mint's db nd disk with arbitrary data.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2025-12-08T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-12-08T18:07:49.838Z

Reserved: 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-65548

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-08T19:15:50.677

Modified: 2025-12-08T19:15:50.677

Link: CVE-2025-65548

cve-icon Redhat

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