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CVE-2026-46545
nimiq-primitives: Panic DoS in trie chunk processing via ROOT-keyed item
High7.5EPSS 0.34%
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- Updated
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- GitHub_M
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 73% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 1.5.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- crates.ionimiq-primitivesGHSA-mw3q-r9wh-h2ff (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/security/advisories/GHSA-mw3q-r9wh-h2ff (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3762 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/releases/tag/v1.5.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-mw3q-r9wh-h2ff (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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