Nimiq code-related vulnerabilities

Nimiq is an open-source implementation of the Albatross protocol in Rust. Versions of Nimiq prior to 1.4.0 had code vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities stemmed from the DhtResults accumulator in handledhtget, which was only initialized when the first DHT record passed validation. This allowed...

CVE-2026-46541 Nimiq network-libp2p: DHT query poisoning via first-record verification failure

Nimiq is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.4.0, iIn handledhtget, the DhtResults accumulator is only initialized when the first DHT record passes verification. If the first record fails from a malicious DHT...