CVE-2026-54542
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54542
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-54542.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-54542
- Aliases
- Published
- 2026-09-14T15:29:45Z
- Modified
- 2026-10-21T02:58:33Z
- Severity
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- 3.7 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Nimiq: Out-of-bounds panic in KeyNibbles::Add from oversized child suffix in a deserialized proof
- Details
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Nimiq is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to 1.6.0, a malicious state-sync peer can crash a syncing node by sending a crafted TrieChunk whose proof contains a TrieNodeChild suffix that is individually valid but exceeds the 63-byte KeyNibbles backing array when combined with the parent key. KeyNibbles::Add in primitives/src/key_nibbles.rs performs the combined slice operation without checking the total length, and the input reaches put_chunk, TrieNodeChild::key, and TrieNodeChild::is_stump before proof.verify, so the attacker does not need a valid cryptographic proof. Exploitation requires the attacker to be selected as the victim's sync peer during state sync. The resulting out-of-bounds panic is transient because the node restarts and resynchronizes. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.0.
- Database specific
{ "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-125" ], "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/54xxx/CVE-2026-54542.json" }- References
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- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/releases/tag/v1.6.0
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/54xxx/CVE-2026-54542.json
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/security/advisories/GHSA-5rg2-xv9j-gv5p
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54542
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/commit/eabfc3e21731b0628c3f933163a0f1e1864217bf
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3790
Affected packages
Git / github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedFixed
- Database specific
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Show details
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