Lightning community node operators operating LND variations previous to the Oct. 1 model 0.11 improve have been urged to improve instantly after a vulnerability was found affecting LND variations 0.10 and under.

The vulnerability was made public in an Oct. 9 announcement from Lightning engineer Conner Fromknecht, Head of Cryptographic Engineering at Lightning Labs. Fromknecht mentioned:

“Whereas we now have no motive to imagine these vulnerabilities have been exploited within the wild, we strongly urge the group to improve to lnd 0.11.0 or above ASAP,”

Few particulars have been revealed up to now, with Fromknecht assuring that the vulnerabilities will probably be disclosed in full on Oct. 20.

This isn’t the primary time a vulnerability has been found within the Lightning community. Final yr, Lightning Labs CTO, Olaoluwa Osuntokun, confirmed situations of Widespread Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) “being exploited within the wild.”

Earlier this yr, researchers warned concerning the privacy vulnerabilities in the Lightning network that might expose monetary data of Bitcoin transactions that have been believed to be nameless.

At the moment, Lightning Labs, Blockstream, and ACINQ are the three main groups engaged on the event of the Lightning community.