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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Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:30:00 +0000

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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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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-10T16:32:15.916Z

Reserved: 2026-05-14T20:42:31.368Z

Link: CVE-2026-46543

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-10T00:16:54.630

Modified: 2026-06-10T00:16:54.630

Link: CVE-2026-46543

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-10T02:15:19Z

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