CVE-2026-40093

HIGH

nimiq-blockchain is missing a wall-clock upper bound on block timestamps

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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