Electrum before 4.7.2 contains a spending limit bypass vulnerability in the Nostr Wallet Connect plugin that allows malicious NWC clients to exceed daily_limit_sat by exploiting non-atomic budget checks and millisatoshi truncation
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.3 Critical : upgrade to 4.7.2 as a priority.
Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 16:27 UTC
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 4.7.2
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade electrum and spesmilo/electrum to 4.7.2.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| spesmiloelectrum | Affected
| Fixed in
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GitHubspesmilo/electrumpkg:github/spesmilo/electrumOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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Description
Electrum before 4.7.2 contains a spending limit bypass vulnerability in the Nostr Wallet Connect plugin that allows malicious NWC clients to exceed daily_limit_sat by exploiting non-atomic budget checks and millisatoshi truncation. Attackers can send concurrent pay_invoice requests that pass budget_allows_spend() before add_to_budget() runs, or repeatedly pay msat amounts that are floored to whole satoshis, to drain funds beyond the limit.
References
- github.com/spesmilo/electrum/security/advisories/GHSA-q7m2-785w-r585 (opens in a new tab)
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-117603 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/3956bff0684f6060fbe8c823c3ee921928cdcaa5 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/5222374046d2a92da371d46c79ce0e61e7e2a42d (opens in a new tab)
- vulncheck.com/advisories/electrum-before-4.7.2-nostr-wallet-connect-plugin-daily-spending-limit-bypass (opens in a new tab)