CVE 7.5 HIGH

Nimiq network-libp2p: DHT query poisoning via first-record verification failure_CVE-2026-46541

7.5 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Nimiq is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.4.0, iIn handle_dht_get(), the DhtResults accumulator is only initialized when the first DHT record passes verification. If the first record fails (from a malicious DHT node), DhtResults is never created, and all subsequent valid records are discarded with "DHT inconsistent state" errors. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.0.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-46541
Source GitHub_M
Published Jun 9, 2026 at 23:45

Affected Product

Vendor nimiq
Product core-rs-albatross
Version < 1.4.0
Affected Versions nimiq core-rs-albatross < 1.4.0

CWE Classification

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