What is CVE-2026-44505?

CVE-2026-44505 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nimiq Core-rs-albatross, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-06-10.

How severe is CVE-2026-44505?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Nimiq Core-rs-albatross

CVE-2026-44505

Nimiq is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. network-libp2p handles kad get-record query progress in handle_dht_get (network-libp2p/src/swarm.rs). Prior to version 1.4.0, w…

EPSS: 0.003 (22.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Nimiq Core-rs-albatross — versions < 1.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-755 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44505?: CVE-2026-44505 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nimiq Core-rs-albatross, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-06-10.
How severe is CVE-2026-44505?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.