nimiq-account contains account primitives to be used in Nimiq's Rust implementation. Prior to version 1.3.0, `VestingContract::can_change_balance` returns `AccountError::InsufficientFunds` when `new_balance < min_cap`, but it constructs the error using `balance: self.balance - min_cap`. `Coin::sub` panics on underflow, so if an attacker can reach a state where `min_cap > balance`, the node crashes while trying to return an error. The `min_cap > balance` precondition is attacker-reachable because the vesting contract creation data (32-byte format) allows encoding `total_amount` without validating `total_amount <= transaction.value` (the real contract balance). After creating such a vesting contract, the attacker can broadcast an outgoing transaction to trigger the panic during mempool admission and block processing. The patch for this vulnerability is included as part of v1.3.0. No known workarounds are available.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 3
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/commit/4d01946f0b3d6c6e31786f91cdfb3eb902908da0 Patch
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3658 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/security/advisories/GHSA-vc34-39q2-m6q3 Patch, Vendor Advisory
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.2 · nimiqNVD modified 2026-10-26 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:nimiq_proof-of-stake:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
References 4
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/commit/4d01946f0b3d6c6e31786f91cdfb3eb902908da0 Patch
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3658 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/releases/tag/v1.3.0 Release Notes
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/security/advisories/GHSA-vc34-39q2-m6q3 Patch, Vendor Advisory