CVE-2026-35468

April 3, 2026, 11:17 p.m.

5.3
Medium

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Nimiq
  • Nimiq Core Rs Albatross
  • <1.3.0

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-252
Unchecked Return Value
The product does not check the return value from a method or function, which can prevent it from detecting unexpected states and conditions.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a nimiq nimiq_core_rs_albatross <1.3.0 / / / / / / /

CVSS Score

5.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: LOW
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Timeline

Published: April 3, 2026, 11:17 p.m.
Last Modified: April 3, 2026, 11:17 p.m.

Status : Received

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