NVD Vulnerability Detail
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CVE-2026-34068
Summary

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.

Publication Date April 23, 2026, 6:17 a.m.
Registration Date April 25, 2026, 4:06 a.m.
Last Update April 25, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
CVSS3.1 : MEDIUM
スコア 6.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
攻撃元区分(AV) ネットワーク
攻撃条件の複雑さ(AC)
攻撃に必要な特権レベル(PR) 不要
利用者の関与(UI) 不要
影響の想定範囲(S) 変更あり
機密性への影響(C) なし
完全性への影響(I)
可用性への影響(A) なし
Affected software configurations
Configuration1 or higher or less more than less than
cpe:2.3:a:nimiq:nimiq_proof-of-stake:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* 1.3.0
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