Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-68911
nicotine-plus nicotine-plus
Nicotine+: Decompression of peer messages can exhaust available memory
CVSS 4.0
8.7High
Official 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.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.7High | 4.0 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (GitHub_M) | 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 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nicotine-plus | nicotine-plus | < 3.3.11 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
4- https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/security/advisories/GHSA-8w4c-p7mj-g886 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/pull/3646 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/commit/61de347fbaaab02eae1606df4f95d9dc17066d4c x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/releases/tag/3.3.11 x_refsource_MISC
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Details
- Published
- 2026-09-29
- Last updated
- 2026-09-29
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- GitHub_M
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.3%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
22.9%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- Yes
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Partial
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-409Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)