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.

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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
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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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-27T13:09:52.728Z

Reserved: 2026-10-27T13:04:09.906Z

Link: CVE-2026-117603

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-27T14:16:40.233

Modified: 2026-10-27T16:03:45.247

Link: CVE-2026-117603

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Updated: 2026-10-27T15:15:04Z

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