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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2026-34065 json

nimiq-primitives: Node crash due to missing interlink validation in election macro block proposals

published 2026-04-22 6 mo ago modified 2026-10-26 13 d ago also GHSA-7c4j-2m43-2mgh , EUVD-2026-25062

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

nimiq-primitives contains primitives (e.g., block, account, transaction) to be used in Nimiq's Rust implementation. Prior to version 1.3.0, an untrusted p2p peer can cause a node to panic by announcing an election macro block whose `validators` set contains an invalid compressed BLS voting key. Hashing an election macro header hashes `validators` and reaches `Validators::voting_keys()`, which calls `validator.voting_key.uncompress().unwrap()` and panics on invalid bytes. The patch for this vulnerability is included as part of v1.3.0. No known workarounds are available.

Patch / fix

  • nimiq nimiq_proof-of-stake 1.3.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
6 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
crates.io nimiq-primitives
<=0.2.0
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • nimiq nimiq-primitives

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-252 Unchecked Return Value
  • CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

References

Sources

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