CVE 8.1 HIGH

nimiq-blockchain is missing a wall-clock upper bound on block timestamps_CVE-2026-40093

8.1 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Description

nimiq-blockchain provides persistent block storage for Nimiq's Rust implementation. In 1.3.0 and earlier, block timestamp validation enforces that timestamp >= parent.timestamp for non-skip blocks and timestamp == parent.timestamp + MIN_PRODUCER_TIMEOUT for skip blocks, but there is no visible upper bound check against the wall clock. A malicious block-producing validator can set block timestamps arbitrarily far in the future. This directly affects reward calculations via Policy::supply_at() and batch_delay() in blockchain/src/reward.rs, inflating the monetary supply beyond the intended emission schedule.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-40093
Source GitHub_M
Published Apr 9, 2026 at 20:29

Affected Product

Vendor nimiq
Product core-rs-albatross
Version <= 1.3.0
Affected Versions nimiq core-rs-albatross <= 1.3.0

CWE Classification

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