CVE-2026-46545 | BDVDB-2026-339198 Detail

nimiqcore-rs-albatross

Description#

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact none, integrity impact none, availability impact high. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

CWE-248 Uncaught Exception

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12026-06-09Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22026-06-10Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-06-09
Last modified: 2026-06-10

Vendor information

Vendor: nimiq
Product: core-rs-albatross

All nimiq vulnerabilities

Score

7.5 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 27.6.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
< 1.5.0
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

7.5 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity	None
Availability	High

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).