nimiq/core-rs-albatross · Security
nimiq-blockchain: Peer-triggerable panic during history sync
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-j99g-7rqw-q9jg
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-34066
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 5.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 5.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
Impact
HistoryStore::put_historic_txns uses an assert! to enforce invariants about HistoricTransaction.block_number (must be within the macro block being pushed and within the same epoch). During history sync, a peer can influence the history: &[HistoricTransaction] input passed into Blockchain::push_history_sync, and a malformed history list can violate these invariants and trigger a panic.
extend_history_sync calls this.history_store.add_to_history(..) before comparing the computed history root against the macro block header (block.history_root()), so the panic can happen before later rejection checks run.
Patches
The patch for this vulnerability is included as part of v1.3.0.
Workarounds
No known workarounds.
CWEs
- CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
- CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion
- CWE-754 · Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
References
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/security/advisories/GHSA-j99g-7rqw-q9jg ↗
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3656 ↗
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/commit/6f5511309c199d84b012fe6b9aba7e5582892c50 ↗
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34066 ↗
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/releases/tag/v1.3.0 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j99g-7rqw-q9jg ↗