What is CVE-2026-46542?

CVE-2026-46542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nimiq Core-rs-albatross, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-06-10.

How severe is CVE-2026-46542?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Nimiq Core-rs-albatross

CVE-2026-46542

Nimiq is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.4.0, a denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Ed25519 multisig delinearization code path. Ed25519Publ…

EPSS: 0.002 (14.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Nimiq Core-rs-albatross — versions < 1.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-617 — Reachable Assertion

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-2026-46542?: CVE-2026-46542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nimiq Core-rs-albatross, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-06-10.
How severe is CVE-2026-46542?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.