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HIGHCVE-2026-40093Published Modified CNA GitHub_M

CVE-2026-40093: nimiq-blockchain is missing a wall-clock upper bound on block timestamps

nimiq-blockchain provides persistent block storage for Nimiq's Rust implementation. In 1.3.0 and earlier, block timestamp validation enforces that timestamp >= parent.timestamp for non-skip blocks and timestamp == parent.timestamp + MIN_PRODUCER_TIMEOUT for skip blocks, but there is no visible upper bound check against the wall clock. A malicious block-producing validator can set block timestamps arbitrarily far in the future. This directly affects reward calculations via Policy::supply_at() and batch_delay() in blockchain/src/reward.rs, inflating the monetary supply beyond the intended emission schedule.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
8.1
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
Affected Products
1
Affected packages
  • nimiq / core-rs-albatross
    <= 1.3.0
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H