Advisories for Maven/Org.bitcoinj/Bitcoinj-Core package

2026

bitcoinj has a ScriptExecution P2PKH/P2WPKH Verification Bypass

ScriptExecution.correctlySpends() contains two fast-path verification bugs for standard P2PKH and native P2WPKH spends in core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/script/ScriptExecution.java. In both branches, bitcoinj verifies an attacker-controlled signature/public-key pair but fails to verify that the public key is the one committed to by the output being spent. As a result, any attacker keypair can satisfy bitcoinj's local verification for arbitrary P2PKH and P2WPKH outputs. This doesn't affect the SPV (simple payment verification) trust model, as …