CVE-2026-46540

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46540
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-46540.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-46540
Aliases
  • GHSA-m3pg-qc2q-mg8c
Published
2026-06-09T23:45:01Z
Modified
2026-08-12T03:51:26Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Nimiq light-blockchain: Light blockchain rebranch issue
Details

Nimiq is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.4.0, when LightBlockchain::rebranch() adopts a fork chain whose tip is a macro block (checkpoint or election), it only updates self.head but fails to update self.macro_head, self.election_head, self.current_validators, or store the election header in the chain_store. This is in direct contrast with the full Blockchain::rebranch() at blockchain/src/blockchain/push.rs:504-518, which correctly updates all macro/election state when the new head is a macro block. After a rebranch to a macro block, the stale macro_head causes subsequent macro blocks pushed via push() to be verified against the wrong predecessor via verify_macro_successor(&this.macro_head). If the rebranch target was an election block, the stale current_validators causes every subsequent block to fail verify_validators(), completely stalling the light client's chain progression. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.0.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner":  "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-841"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/46xxx/CVE-2026-46540.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
e156ecc4a14377eb3e4b71f340a8ae905b9864b2
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "1.4.0"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

v0.*
v0.1.0
v0.1.0-rc.0
v0.1.0-rc.1
v0.1.0-rc.2
v0.1.0-rc.3
v0.10.0
v0.11.0
v0.11.1
v0.11.2
v0.11.3
v0.11.4
v0.11.5
v0.12.0
v0.12.1
v0.13.0
v0.13.1
v0.14.0
v0.15.0
v0.16.0
v0.16.1
v0.17.0
v0.18.0
v0.19.0
v0.2.0
v0.2.1
v0.2.2
v0.20.0
v0.20.1
v0.20.2
v0.20.3
v0.20.4
v0.20.5
v0.21.0
v0.21.1
v0.22.0
v0.22.1
v0.22.2
v0.22.3
v0.23.0
v0.24.0
v0.24.1
v0.24.2
v0.24.3
v0.24.4
v0.3.0
v0.3.1
v0.3.2
v0.3.3
v0.4.0
v0.4.1
v0.5.0
v0.5.1
v0.5.2
v0.5.3
v0.5.4
v0.6.0
v0.7.0
v0.8.0
v0.8.1
v0.8.2
v0.8.3
v0.9.0
v1.*
v1.0.0
v1.0.0-rc.0
v1.0.0-rc.1
v1.0.0-rc.2
v1.0.0-rc.3
v1.0.0-rc.4
v1.0.0-rc.5
v1.0.1
v1.0.2
v1.0.3
v1.0.4
v1.0.5
v1.0.6
v1.0.7
v1.0.8
v1.0.9
v1.1.0
v1.1.1
v1.2.0
v1.2.1
v1.2.2
v1.3.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-46540.json"