CVE-2026-68911

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

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/commit/61de347fbaaab02eae1606df4f95d9dc17066d4c
https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/pull/3646
https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/releases/tag/3.3.11
https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/security/advisories/GHSA-8w4c-p7mj-g886

Configurations

No configuration.

History

29 Sep 2026, 15:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-09-29 15:17

Updated : 2026-09-30 19:57

NVD link : CVE-2026-68911

Mitre link : CVE-2026-68911

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-68911

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-409

Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

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