CVE-2026-56744 — @bsv/wallet-toolbox
Fix: bsv-blockchain/ts-stack@3a11f61CVE-2026-56744 is a CWE-1288 vulnerability in @bsv/wallet-toolbox. A fix is available for @bsv/wallet-toolbox — see the affected versions and patch details below.
`@bsv/wallet-toolbox` / `-client` / `-mobile` don't verify storage-supplied recipient output scripts against caller-requested outputs in createAction (can redirect payments when using remote storage)
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-56744.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
@bsv/wallet-toolboxnpm@bsv/wallet-toolbox-clientnpm@bsv/wallet-toolbox-mobilenpmDescription
Reported by @echennells (Eric Chennells). Migrated from public issue #191 to a private advisory.
Affected: @bsv/wallet-toolbox / -client / -mobile. Verified in 2.1.21 and 2.1.21-parity-fix.2; the relevant code is the same at current HEAD
Summary:
When createAction runs against a remote StorageClient, the storage server returns the outputs to build. buildSignableTransaction takes each non-change output's lockingScript from the storage response and signs it, without comparing it to the lockingScript the caller supplied in args.outputs. WalletPermissionsManager.createAction parses the built transaction and has args.outputs available, but uses the tx only for inputs and getFee(); it does not inspect tx.outputs. A storage provider that returns a different recipient script than requested will therefore have that script signed and broadcast, while the calling app and UI still show the originally requested recipient.
Relevant code:
signer/methods/buildSignableTransaction.js— non-change outputlockingScript = asBsvSdkScript(out.lockingScript), sourced from the storage response;args.outputsis not consulted.WalletPermissionsManager.jscreateAction— parses the built tx, derives spend fromargs.outputssatoshis +tx.getFee(), readstx.inputs; does not readtx.outputs.signer/methods/signAction.js,completeSignedTransaction.js— sign the as-built tx; no output comparison.
Context:
Remote storage is a supported, default configuration (StorageClient over BRC-103 AuthFetch, default endpoint storage.babbage.systems, optional payment middleware). The mutual auth establishes the storage server's identity and protects the channel, but the contents it returns are not validated against the request. The attacker is the storage operator, or anyone who compromises it — not a passive network MITM. (StorageServer.processAction does compare the signed rawTx outputs to what storage stored, so a response-only MITM is rejected; an operator stores the substituted script from the start.)
Proof of concept: We ran a storage server that returns a substituted recipient output, and pointed a current yours-wallet build at it as its active storage provider. With the wallet otherwise unmodified, a payment requested to one address was built, signed, and broadcast paying a different address, the substitution was not surfaced anywhere in the wallet.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | @bsv/wallet-toolbox | ≥ 1.1.47&&< 2.4.0 | 2.4.0npm install @bsv/wallet-toolbox@2.4.0 |
| 📦npm | @bsv/wallet-toolbox-client | ≥ 1.1.47&&< 2.4.0 | 2.4.0npm install @bsv/wallet-toolbox-client@2.4.0 |
| 📦npm | @bsv/wallet-toolbox-mobile | ≥ 1.3.21&&< 2.4.0 | 2.4.0npm install @bsv/wallet-toolbox-mobile@2.4.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for @bsv/wallet-toolbox, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update @bsv/wallet-toolbox to 2.4.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-56744 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
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