CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68911

HighCVSS 8.7
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.30%

21th percentile - higher than 21% of all known CVEs

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely exhaust the victim's system memory, causing the application or the entire operating system to crash. This results in denial of service for the Nicotine+ client user.

Recommendation

Upgrade Nicotine+ to version 3.3.11 or later.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS