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.
Published: 2026-06-09
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mw3q-r9wh-h2ff nimiq-primitives: Panic DoS in trie chunk processing via ROOT-keyed item
History

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Nimiq
Nimiq core-rs-albatross
Vendors & Products Nimiq
Nimiq core-rs-albatross

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title nimiq-primitives: Panic DoS in trie chunk processing via ROOT-keyed item
Weaknesses CWE-248
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Nimiq Core-rs-albatross
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-10T14:38:24.123Z

Reserved: 2026-05-14T20:42:31.368Z

Link: CVE-2026-46545

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-10T14:38:16.604Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-06-10T00:16:54.770

Modified: 2026-06-10T19:37:41.437

Link: CVE-2026-46545

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-10T02:15:19Z

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