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CVE-2026-46545

nimiq-primitives: Panic DoS in trie chunk processing via ROOT-keyed item

Published: Jun 9, 2026Updated: Jul 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-248
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 73.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Nimiq is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.5.0, a remote, unauthenticated denial-of-service vulnerability in MerkleRadixTrie::put_chunk allows any state-sync peer to crash any node performing state synchronization (freshly joining nodes and recovering nodes). This issue has been patched in version 1.5.0.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-248

Affected Products

nimiq
oss-projectaka network-libp2p, nimiq proof-of-stake
core-rs-albatrossMixed
OSS Libraries / generic-library

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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References

https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/security/advisories/GHSA-mw3q-r9wh-h2ff
github.com
https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3762
github.com
https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/releases/tag/v1.5.0
github.com

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