GHSA-7C4J-2M43-2MGH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-22 19:19 – Updated: 2026-04-22 19:19
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Summary
nimiq-primitives: Node crash due to missing interlink validation in election macro block proposals
Details

Impact

An untrusted p2p peer can cause a node to panic by announcing an election macro block whose validators set contains an invalid compressed BLS voting key.

Hashing an election macro header hashes validators and reaches Validators::voting_keys(), which calls validator.voting_key.uncompress().unwrap() and panics on invalid bytes.

Patches

The patch for this vulnerability is included as part of v1.3.0.

Workarounds

No known workarounds.

Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "nimiq-primitives"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "0.2.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-34065"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-252",
      "CWE-755"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-04-22T19:19:28Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nAn untrusted p2p peer can cause a node to panic by announcing an election macro block whose `validators` set contains an invalid compressed BLS voting key.\n\nHashing an election macro header hashes `validators` and reaches `Validators::voting_keys()`, which calls `validator.voting_key.uncompress().unwrap()` and panics on invalid bytes.\n\n### Patches\n[The patch for this vulnerability](https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/commit/e10eaebcd7774e5da6d0ff5e88ed13503474f0ff) is included as part of [v1.3.0](https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/releases/tag/v1.3.0).\n\n### Workarounds\nNo known workarounds.",
  "id": "GHSA-7c4j-2m43-2mgh",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T19:19:28Z",
  "published": "2026-04-22T19:19:28Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/security/advisories/GHSA-7c4j-2m43-2mgh"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3662"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/commit/e10eaebcd7774e5da6d0ff5e88ed13503474f0ff"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "nimiq-primitives: Node crash due to missing interlink validation in election macro block proposals"
}


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