CVE-2026-46545

June 10, 2026, 7:37 p.m.

7.5
High

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Nimiq
  • Nimiq
  • <1.5.0

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-248
Uncaught Exception
An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught.

*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 <1.5.0 / / / / / / /

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

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

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Timeline

Published: June 10, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
Last Modified: June 10, 2026, 7:37 p.m.

Status : Deferred

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

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