Nimiq is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.5.0, a remote peer can crash any full node by sending a RequestBatchSet message containing the genesis block's hash. The handler calls get_epoch_chunks which iterates backwards through macro blocks using Policy::macro_block_before. When it reaches the genesis block number, macro_block_before panics with "No macro blocks before genesis block". This issue has been patched in version 1.5.0.
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| Description | Nimiq is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.5.0, a remote peer can crash any full node by sending a RequestBatchSet message containing the genesis block's hash. The handler calls get_epoch_chunks which iterates backwards through macro blocks using Policy::macro_block_before. When it reaches the genesis block number, macro_block_before panics with "No macro blocks before genesis block". This issue has been patched in version 1.5.0. | |
| Title | nimiq-blockchain: Genesis batch set request | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-617 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-09T23:47:32.019Z
Reserved: 2026-05-14T20:42:31.368Z
Link: CVE-2026-46543
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-06-10T00:16:54.630
Modified: 2026-06-10T00:16:54.630
Link: CVE-2026-46543
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-06-10T02:15:19Z