Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-33184
nimiq/core-rs-albatross is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.3.0, the discovery handler accepts a peer-controlled limit during handshake and stores it unchanged. The immediate HandshakeAck path then honors limit = 0 and returns zero contacts, which makes the session look benign. Later, after the same session reaches Established, the periodic update path computes self.peer_list_limit.unwrap() as usize - 1. With limit = 0, that wraps to usize::MAX and then in rand 0.9.2, choose_multiple() immediately attempts Vec::with_capacity(amount), which deterministically panics with capacity overflow. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.0.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 17.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
Products affected by CVE-2026-33184
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.11.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.11.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.11.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.11.4
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.11.5
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.12.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.13.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.13.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.14.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.15.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.16.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.16.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.17.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.18.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.19.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.20.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.20.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.20.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.20.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.20.4
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.20.5
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.21.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.21.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.22.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.22.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.22.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.22.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.23.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.24.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.24.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.24.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.24.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.24.4
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.8.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.8.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:0.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:1.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:1.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:1.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:1.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:1.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:1.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:1.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:1.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:1.0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:1.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:core-rs-albatross:1.2.1