CVE-2026-40093CWE-1284

nimiq-blockchain is missing a wall-clock upper bound on block timestamps

High · published April 9, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
36.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

nimiq-blockchain provides persistent block storage for Nimiq's Rust implementation. In 1.3.0 and earlier, block timestamp validation enforces that timestamp >= parent.timestamp for non-skip blocks and timestamp == parent.timestamp + MIN_PRODUCER_TIMEOUT for skip blocks, but there is no visible upper bound check against the wall clock. A malicious block-producing validator can set block timestamps arbitrarily far in the future. This directly affects reward calculations via Policy::supply_at() and batch_delay() in blockchain/src/reward.rs, inflating the monetary supply beyond the intended emission schedule.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00434 · 36.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-1284 · Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
Published
2026-04-09T20:29Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 APR 20:29Z
    nimiq-blockchain is missing a wall-clock upper bound on block timestamps
    cvelistv5