CVE-2026-40092
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
nimiq-keys: Unchecked Ed25519 signature length in TaggedPublicKey::verify causes remote node panic via DHT
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| crates.io | nimiq-keys | <=0.2.0 | |
| RUST | nimiq-keys | <= 0.2.0 | |
References
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/commit/807ee8e99a7ccdc604d49971f292854bfa36754d
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3708
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/releases/tag/v1.4.0
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/security/advisories/GHSA-27w2-87xv-37c6
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-27w2-87xv-37c6
CWEs
CWE-252
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.