CVE-2026-46545
HIGHnimiq-primitives: Panic DoS in trie chunk processing via ROOT-keyed item
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/security/advisories/GHSA-mw3q-r9wh-h2ff
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3762
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/releases/tag/v1.5.0
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0034
EPSS Percentile
25.5%
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-248
Status
published
Products (2)
crates.io/nimiq-primitives
0 - 1.5.0crates.io
nimiq/core-rs-albatross
< 1.5.0
Published
Jun 10, 2026
Tracked Since
Jun 10, 2026