CVE-2026-117603

Electrum before 4.7.2 Nostr Wallet Connect Plugin Daily Spending Limit Bypass

Published Oct 27, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Electrum before 4.7.2 contains a spending limit bypass vulnerability in the Nostr Wallet Connect plugin that allows malicious NWC clients to exceed daily_limit_sat by exploiting non-atomic budget checks and millisatoshi truncation. Attackers can send concurrent pay_invoice requests that pass budget_allows_spend() before add_to_budget() runs, or repeatedly pay msat amounts that are floored to whole satoshis, to drain funds beyond the limit.

Remediation

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description Electrum before 4.7.2 contains a spending limit bypass vulnerability in the Nostr Wallet Connect plugin that allows malicious NWC clients to exceed daily_limit_sat by exploiting non-atomic budget checks and millisatoshi truncation. Attackers can send concurrent pay_invoice requests that pass budget_allows_spend() before add_to_budget() runs, or repeatedly pay msat amounts that are floored to whole satoshis, to drain funds beyond the limit.
Title Electrum before 4.7.2 Nostr Wallet Connect Plugin Daily Spending Limit Bypass
First Time appeared Electrum
Electrum electrum
Weaknesses CWE-367
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:electrum:electrum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Electrum
Electrum electrum
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Nov 2, 2026, 4:01 PM
Reserved
Oct 27, 2026, 1:04 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 27, 2026, 2:16 PM
Modified
Nov 2, 2026, 4:17 PM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Oct 27, 2026, 1:09 PM