CVE-2026-68911
Nicotine+: Decompression of peer messages can exhaust available memory
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.7 High
- Published
- Sep 29, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 29, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 31, 2026
Description
Nicotine+ is a graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network. Prior to version 3.3.11, a modified remote client can send zlib-compressed peer messages containing a decompression bomb, exhausting available memory of the recipient's operating system. This issue has been patched in version 3.3.11.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.7 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-409 Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
nicotine-plusnicotine-plus |
|
References
- https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/security/advisories/GHSA-8w4c-p7mj-g886
- https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/pull/3646
- https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/commit/61de347fbaaab02eae1606df4f95d9dc17066d4c
- https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/releases/tag/3.3.11
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