CVE-2026-46539CWE-345

nimiq-primitives: BlockInclusionProof interlink issue when hops are empty

Medium · published June 9, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.9
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Nimiq is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.4.0, a logic flaw in BlockInclusionProof::is_block_proven causes the function to return true without performing any cryptographic verification when get_interlink_hops yields an empty hop list. This occurs when the target block is at the election block position immediately preceding the election head's epoch. An attacker providing transaction inclusion proofs can forge a MacroBlock header for that epoch position and have it accepted as "proven" without any hash or signature verification. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00209 · 10.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-345 · Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
Published
2026-06-09T23:44Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 JUN 23:44Z
    nimiq-primitives: BlockInclusionProof interlink issue when hops are empty
    cvelistv5