Eclair Flaw Puts Lightning Node Balances at Risk
The Sept. 14 patch closes three peer-triggered attack paths, including one that could turn a node's entire local channel balance into miner fees.
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The Sept. 14 patch closes three peer-triggered attack paths, including one that could turn a node's entire local channel balance into miner fees.
Operators can't inspect the threat yet, so signed binaries carry the trust load. Cautious nodes going offline could thin Lightning routing capacity until CLN lifts the embargo.
Standard BTCPay on-chain wallets are safe, but LND operators on v2.4.1 or earlier face remote node takeover via unauthenticated .macaroon file access.
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