CVE-2026-34063
HIGHnetwork-libp2p: Peer can crash the node by opening discovery protocol substream twice
Title source: cnaDescription
Nimiq's network-libp2p is a Nimiq network implementation based on libp2p. Prior to version 1.3.0, `network-libp2p` discovery uses a libp2p `ConnectionHandler` state machine. the handler assumes there is at most one inbound and one outbound discovery substream per connection. if a remote peer opens/negotiate the discovery protocol substream a second time on the same connection, the handler hits a `panic!(\"Inbound already connected\")` / `panic!(\"Outbound already connected\")` path instead of failing closed. This causes a remote crash of the networking task (swarm), taking the node's p2p networking offline until restart. The patch for this vulnerability is formally released as part of v1.3.0. No known workarounds are available.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
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https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/security/advisories/GHSA-74hp-mhfx-m45h
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3666
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https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/commit/e0d4e01994f061bf41d3c2835bc74040d3c084f5
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https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/releases/tag/v1.3.0
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0035
EPSS Percentile
26.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-617
Status
published
Products (1)
nimiq/network-libp2p
< 1.3.0
Published
Apr 22, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 23, 2026