Core Lightning Tells Node Operators To Go Offline, With No Patch Published

The CLN team said operators who don’t upgrade should run their nodes --offline, but the fixed binaries aren’t out yet and the details of what they fix are under a two-week embargo.

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Core Lightning Team Sounds the Alarm as AI Uncovers Critical Flaws

On Wednesday, Core Lightning maintainers said that several vulnerabilities were found in Core Lightning (CLN), Blockstream’s Lightning implementation. Reports further say artificial intelligence (AI)-based CVE reports disclosed the issues, and maintainers are telling node runners to install an upcoming emergency update when it becomes available. Core Lightning Maintainers Race to Deliver…

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