# Core Lightning Patches a Path That Let a Revoked Channel State Escape the Cheating Penalty

The fix shipped in v26.06.7, ten artificial-intelligence models audited the code during the embargo, and some older Docker images missed the patch.

- Published: 2026-09-28T05:43:34.972Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-09-28/core-lightning-patches-a-path-that-let-a-revoked-channel-sta
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [CryptoSlate](https://cryptoslate.com/core-lightning-revoked-channel-penalty-flaw/)

Core Lightning, one of the main node implementations of Bitcoin's Lightning Network, fixed a channel-close defect that could have let a peer broadcast an old, revoked channel state without triggering the penalty that is supposed to punish c…

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