CVE 5.3 MEDIUM

nimiq-blockchain: Genesis batch set request_CVE-2026-46543

5.3 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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 peer can crash any full node by sending a RequestBatchSet message containing the genesis block's hash. The handler calls get_epoch_chunks which iterates backwards through macro blocks using Policy::macro_block_before. When it reaches the genesis block number, macro_block_before panics with "No macro blocks before genesis block". This issue has been patched in version 1.5.0.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-46543
Source GitHub_M
Published Jun 9, 2026 at 23:47

Affected Product

Vendor nimiq
Product core-rs-albatross
Version < 1.5.0
Affected Versions nimiq core-rs-albatross < 1.5.0

CWE Classification

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