{
    "id": "CVE-2021-3401",
    "published": "2021-02-04 05:15:13",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 04:05:01",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-88",
    "description": "Bitcoin Core before 0.19.0 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when another application unsafely passes the -platformpluginpath argument to the bitcoin-qt program, as demonstrated by an x-scheme-handler/bitcoin handler for a .desktop file or a web browser. NOTE: the discoverer states \"I believe that this vulnerability cannot actually be exploited.\"",
    "epss_score": "0.10478",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95629",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-03 18:17:30",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "EPSS 10.5% — above the 10% action threshold."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "bitcoin",
            "product": "bitcoin"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://achow101.com/2021/02/0.18-uri-vuln",
        "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16578",
        "https://achow101.com/2021/02/0.18-uri-vuln",
        "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16578"
    ]
}