CVE-2018-1000851
Copay Bitcoin Wallet version 5.01 to 5.1.0 included. contains a Other/Unknown vulnerability in wallet private key storage that can result in Users' private key can be compromised. .
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Copay Bitcoin Wallet version 5.01 to 5.1.0 included. contains a Other/Unknown vulnerability in wallet private key storage that can result in Users' private key can be compromised. . This attack appear to be exploitable via Affected version run the malicious code at startup . This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 5.2.0 and later .
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.51% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Affected
- copay/copay bitcoin wallet
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/11/hacker-backdoors-widely-used-open-source-software-to-steal-bitcoin/Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.bitpay.com/npm-package-vulnerability-copay/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/bitpay/copay/issues/9346Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dominictarr/event-stream/issues/116Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/11/hacker-backdoors-widely-used-open-source-software-to-steal-bitcoin/Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.bitpay.com/npm-package-vulnerability-copay/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/bitpay/copay/issues/9346Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dominictarr/event-stream/issues/116Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.