CVE-2026-35468

HIGH EPSS 40.2%
Published Apr 3, 20263mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Apr 3, 2026 3mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

nimiq/core-rs-albatross is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.3.0, two peer-facing consensus request handlers assume that the history index is always available and call blockchain.history_store.history_index().unwrap() directly. That assumption is false by construction. HistoryStoreProxy::history_index() explicitly returns None for the valid HistoryStoreProxy::WithoutIndex state. when a full node is syncing or otherwise running without the history index, a remote peer can send RequestTransactionsProof or RequestTransactionReceiptsByAddress and trigger an Option::unwrap() panic on the request path. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.0.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
40.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-252

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
nimiqnimiq_proof-of-stake* ≤1.2.2

References 4

  • github.com https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/commit/0e5c90a6c75b722f3d6091769776a4040e694dba
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3667
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/releases/tag/v1.3.0
    Release Notes
  • github.com https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/security/advisories/GHSA-xr78-2jhh-9wf9
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/commit/0e5c90a6c75b722f3d6091769776a4040e694dba
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3667
    Patch