CVE-2026-46545
HIGH
7,5
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Description
AI Translation Available
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.
248
Uncaught Exception
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability
Confidentiality
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Read Application Data
Applicable Platforms
Languages:
C++, Java, C#
https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3762
https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/releases/tag/v1.5.0
https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/security/advisories/GHSA-mw3q-r9wh-h…