CVE-2026-40093: nimiq-blockchain is missing a wall-clock upper bound on block timestamps
nimiq · core-rs-albatross
Affected: nimiq core-rs-albatross · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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Higher than 26% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- nimiq · core-rs-albatross<= 1.3.0
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- nimiq
- Published
- April 2026
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