# CVE-2026-40094: nimiq-blockchain: network-libp2p untrusted peer can crash address book via empty peer contact addresses

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.4.0
- Published: 2026-05-20 · Updated: 2026-05-21

## Affected

- nimiq core-rs-albatross: fixed in 1.4.0

## Description

nimiq-blockchain provides persistent block storage for Nimiq's Rust implementation. In versions 1.3.0 and prior, network-libp2p discovery accepts signed PeerContact updates from untrusted peers and stores them in a peer contact book, eventually leading to address book crash. A PeerContact can legally contain an empty addresses list (no intrinsic validation enforces non-empty). Later, PeerContactBook::known_peers builds an address book by taking addresses.first().expect("every peer should have at least one address"). If the attacker has inserted a signed peer contact with addresses=[], any call to get_address_book (RPC/web client) can panic and crash the node/RPC task depending on panic settings. This issue has been fixed in version 1.4.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nimiq core-rs-albatross, upgrade to a fixed version (1.4.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/security/advisories/GHSA-c45m-6x25-3cjq
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3715
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/releases/tag/v1.4.0

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