CVE-2026-40094CWE-754

nimiq-blockchain: network-libp2p untrusted peer can crash address book via empty peer contact addresses

Medium · published May 20, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
33.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

nimiq-blockchain provides persistent block storage for Nimiq's Rust implementation. In versions 1.3.0 and prior, network-libp2p discovery accepts signed PeerContact updates from untrusted peers and stores them in a peer contact book, eventually leading to address book crash. A PeerContact can legally contain an empty addresses list (no intrinsic validation enforces non-empty). Later, PeerContactBook::known_peers builds an address book by taking addresses.first().expect("every peer should have at least one address"). If the attacker has inserted a signed peer contact with addresses=[], any call to get_address_book (RPC/web client) can panic and crash the node/RPC task depending on panic settings. This issue has been fixed in version 1.4.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00400 · 33.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-754 · Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
Published
2026-05-20T21:27Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 MAY 21:27Z
    nimiq-blockchain: network-libp2p untrusted peer can crash address book via empty peer contact addresses
    cvelistv5