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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-46541 EUVD-2026-35882

Nimiq network-libp2p: DHT query poisoning via first-record verification failure

Published Jun 9, 2026 · Updated Jun 10, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Nimiq is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.4.0, iIn handle_dht_get(), the DhtResults accumulator is only initialized when the first DHT record passes verification. If the first record fails (from a malicious DHT node), DhtResults is never created, and all subsequent valid records are discarded with "DHT inconsistent state" errors. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
nimiq core-rs-albatross < 1.4.0 —

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