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.
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | nimiq-blockchain is missing a wall-clock upper bound on block timestamps | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-1284 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-04-09T20:29:46.026Z
Reserved: 2026-04-09T01:41:38.535Z
Link: CVE-2026-40093
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-09T21:16:11.937
Modified: 2026-04-09T21:16:11.937
Link: CVE-2026-40093
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