Bitcoin Core ends long security embargoes to accelerate AI-discoverable vulnerability fixes
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Bitcoin Core maintainers have ended long-term security embargoes due to a surge in AI-driven vulnerability reports. Maintainer Poinsot noted that LLMs significantly lower the barrier for finding certain vulnerabilities or identifying subtle fixes, leading to increased security disclosures. The previous policy imposed monthly embargoes to give maintainers time, but this has been deemed a delay in releasing fixes. The new policy mandates that vulnerabilities easily discoverable by LLMs must have retroactive patches included and security announcements synchronized within every maintenance release. As reported by CryptoSlate, a snapshot from Oct. 18 showed that approximately 44% of running nodes were on outdated versions, and this policy revision aims to expedite security patches for these nodes.
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Bitcoin Core 结束长期安全公告禁令以加速 AI 可发现漏洞修复
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- 更改安全公告政策，取消针对 AI 可发现漏洞的长期禁令
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- 安全漏洞披露时间表
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Bitcoin Core speeds up security fixes for end-of-life versio
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- Oct 22, 00:00
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- CryptoSlateRelated fact: single sourceSource report revisedBitcoin Core speeds up security fixes for easily rediscoverable vulnerabilities
Report first recorded Oct 24, 23:11
Bitcoin Core merged a policy amendment on Oct. 22 allowing developers to backport fixes for easily rediscovered vulnerabilities to all maintained release lines and publish an advisory alongside them. A network snapshot from Oct. 18 showed that 3,671 of 8,422 self-reported Bitcoin Core peers (43.6%) were running end-of-life release lines. The new policy addresses the delay caused by old embargoes, which could mean up to a year between a fix and its publication, a delay Antoine Poinsot noted is problematic given that AI systems can rediscover bugs.
Read original source ↗ - Bitcoin MagazineRelated fact: single sourceBitcoin Core Ends Embargoes for AI-Discoverable Bugs
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Bitcoin Core has changed its security disclosure policy to expedite fixes for vulnerabilities that large language models can easily rediscover, ending months-long embargoes. The new policy allows maintainers to flag such bugs as 'easily discoverable,' prompting immediate backporting of fixes to all maintained versions and simultaneous publication of security advisories. Vulnerabilities outside this category retain the previous severity-based disclosure schedule.
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