CVE-2026-46545
nimiq-primitives: Panic DoS in trie chunk processing via ROOT-keyed item
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-248 |
| Vendor | nimiq |
| Product | core-rs-albatross |
| Published | Jun 9, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Affected Versions
nimiq / core-rs-albatross
< 1.5.0