GHSA-48m6-486p-9j8pMediumCVSS 5.3
nimiq-consensus panics via RequestMacroChain micro-block locator
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Impact
An unauthenticated p2p peer can cause the RequestMacroChain message handler task to panic by sending a RequestMacroChain message where the first locator hash that is on the victim’s main chain is a micro block hash (not a macro block hash).
In RequestMacroChain::handle, the handler selects the locator based only on "is on main chain", then calls get_macro_blocks() and panics via .unwrap() when the selected hash is not a macro block (BlockchainError::BlockIsNotMacro).
Patches
The patch for this vulnerability](https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3660) is formally released as part of v1.3.0.
Workarounds
No known workarounds.
🎯 Affected products1
- rust/nimiq-consensus:<= 1.2.2
🔗 References (6)
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/security/advisories/GHSA-48m6-486p-9j8p
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3660
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/commit/ae6c1e92342e72f80fd12accbe66ee80dd6802ac
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/releases/tag/v1.3.0
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34069
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-48m6-486p-9j8p