Bitcoin Core Skips Usual Embargo to Disclose Three Bugs an AI Scan Found
By Unchained
AI summary of the source article
Bitcoin Core skipped its standard disclosure embargo on Oct. 28 to release advisories for three bugs identified by Project Loupe's automated LLM scan. Patches were deployed across versions 29.5, 30.4, 31.2, and 32.1.
Key facts
- Three security vulnerabilities were flagged by Project Loupe, an automated LLM scanner launched by Spiral and Block.
- Bitcoin Core bypassed its standard one-year embargo under a new policy exception for flaws that can be discovered with minimal effort via an LLM prompt.
- The bugs included two Medium-rated denial-of-service and memory issues and one Low-rated undo file corruption issue.
Source excerpt · Unchained
Patched releases went out Oct. 27 and 28, and the advisories followed on Oct. 28 because Core classed all three flaws as "easily discoverable." The post Bitcoin Core Skips Usual Embargo to Disclose Three Bugs an AI Scan Found appeared first on Unchained .