CVE-2026-40093
HIGHnimiq-blockchain is missing a wall-clock upper bound on block timestamps
Title source: cnaDescription
nimiq-blockchain provides persistent block storage for Nimiq's Rust implementation. In 1.3.0 and earlier, block timestamp validation enforces that timestamp >= parent.timestamp for non-skip blocks and timestamp == parent.timestamp + MIN_PRODUCER_TIMEOUT for skip blocks, but there is no visible upper bound check against the wall clock. A malicious block-producing validator can set block timestamps arbitrarily far in the future. This directly affects reward calculations via Policy::supply_at() and batch_delay() in blockchain/src/reward.rs, inflating the monetary supply beyond the intended emission schedule.
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
20.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-1284
Status
published
Products (2)
crates.io/nimiq-blockchain
0crates.io
nimiq/core-rs-albatross
<= 1.3.0
Published
Apr 09, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 10, 2026