CVE-2026-33471

CRITICAL

nimiq-block has skip block quorum bypass via out-of-range BitSet indices & u16 truncation

Title source: cna

Description

nimiq-block contains block primitives to be used in Nimiq's Rust implementation. `SkipBlockProof::verify` computes its quorum check using `BitSet.len()`, then iterates `BitSet` indices and casts each `usize` index to `u16` (`slot as u16`) for slot lookup. Prior to version 1.3.0, if an attacker can get a `SkipBlockProof` verified where `MultiSignature.signers` contains out-of-range indices spaced by 65536, these indices inflate `len()` but collide onto the same in-range `u16` slot during aggregation. This makes it possible for a malicious validator with far fewer than `2f+1` real signer slots to pass skip block proof verification by multiplying a single BLS signature by the same factor. The patch for this vulnerability is included as part of v1.3.0. No known workarounds are available.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.6
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 7.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-1284 CWE-190 CWE-20 CWE-345
Status published
Products (2)
crates.io/nimiq-block 0crates.io
nimiq/nimiq-block < 1.3.0
Published Apr 22, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 23, 2026