CVE-2026-68911CWE-409

CVE-2026-68911

published September 29, 2026

CVSS
8.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
21.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Nicotine+ is a graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network. Prior to version 3.3.11, a modified remote client can send zlib-compressed peer messages containing a decompression bomb, exhausting available memory of the recipient's operating system. This issue has been patched in version 3.3.11.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
8.7 · NONE
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00301 · 21.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-409 · Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
Published
2026-09-29T19:17Z
References (4)
https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/commit/61de347fbaaab02eae1606df4f95d9dc17066d4c · [email protected]https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/pull/3646 · [email protected]https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/releases/tag/3.3.11 · [email protected]https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/security/advisories/GHSA-8w4c-p7mj-g886 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 OCT 03:48Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 29 SEP 14:59Z
    Nicotine+: Decompression of peer messages can exhaust available memory
    cvelistv5