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Untrusted peer can crash address book via empty peer contact addresses

F-NIMIQ-DISCOVERY-EMPTY-ADDRLIST-PANIC-001

Public snapshot: 26 Sep 2026. Status, releases and attribution belong to each source below; none is inferred from another record.

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Recorded evidence

4.3medium
CVE-2026-40094CVEnimiq/core-rs-albatross

Untrusted peer can crash address book via empty peer contact addresses

Fixed in: nimiq-network-libp2p v1.4.0

patched
details
Finding IDs
F-NIMIQ-DISCOVERY-EMPTY-ADDRLIST-PANIC-001
CVE
CVE-2026-40094
GHSA
GHSA-c45m-6x25-3cjq
Status
patched
Fixed in
nimiq-network-libp2p v1.4.0
Recorded credit
finder: @1seal
Note
GHSA-c45m-6x25-3cjq; patched in v1.4.0 via PR #3715
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVE registry state
PUBLISHED
CVE state checked
Upstream title
Untrusted peer can crash address book via empty peer contact addresses
Upstream CWE
CWE-754
Upstream publication
Upstream updated
Metadata fetched
Upstream @1seal credit
@1seal: finder (accepted)

F-NIMIQ-DISCOVERY-EMPTY-ADDRLIST-PANIC-001: Input / state handling. An empty discovery address list reaches a panic. Reviewed 24 Sep 2026. Mechanism assessed by 1seal.

Mechanism source for F-NIMIQ-DISCOVERY-EMPTY-ADDRLIST-PANIC-001

Security area (1seal assessment): Availability. An empty discovery address list reaches a panic. Reviewed 24 Sep 2026.

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