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CVE-2026-34068 Detail

Description

nimiq-transaction provides the transaction primitive to be used in Nimiq's Rust implementation. Prior to version 1.3.0, the staking contract accepts `UpdateValidator` transactions that set `new_voting_key=Some(...)` while omitting `new_proof_of_knowledge`. this skips the proof-of-knowledge requirement that is needed to prevent BLS rogue-key attacks when public keys are aggregated. Because tendermint macro block justification verification aggregates validator voting keys and verifies a single aggregated BLS signature against that aggregate public key, a rogue-key voting key in the validator set can allow an attacker to forge a quorum-looking justification while only producing a single signature. While the impact is critical, the exploitability is low: The voting keys are fixed for the epoch, so the attacker would need to know the next epoch validator set (chosen through VRF), which is unlikely. The patch for this vulnerability is included as part of v1.3.0. No known workarounds are available.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/commit/e7f0ab7d2115e17d6e5548ddc60f10df1a5d645f GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3654 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/releases/tag/v1.3.0 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/security/advisories/GHSA-pf4j-pf3w-95f9 GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-34068
NVD Published Date:
04/22/2026
NVD Last Modified:
04/22/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.