CVE-2026-34069CWE-617

nimiq-consensus panics via RequestMacroChain micro-block locator

Medium · published April 13, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

nimiq/core-rs-albatross is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. In versions 1.2.2 and below, an unauthenticated p2p peer can cause the RequestMacroChain message handler task to panic. Sending a RequestMacroChain message where the first locator hash on the victim’s main chain is a micro block hash (not a macro block hash) causes said panic. The RequestMacroChain::handle handler selects the locator based only on "is on main chain", then calls get_macro_blocks() and panics via .unwrap() when the selected hash is not a macro block (BlockchainError::BlockIsNotMacro). This issue has been fixed in version 1.3.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00515 · 43.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion
Published
2026-04-13T23:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 APR 23:55Z
    nimiq-consensus panics via RequestMacroChain micro-block locator
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