CVE-2026-68911 PUBLISHED

Nicotine+: Decompression of peer messages can exhaust available memory

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 31.07.2026 Published: 29.09.2026 Updated: 29.09.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 8.7

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	nicotine-plus
Product	nicotine-plus
Versions	Version < 3.3.11 is affected

References

Problem Types

CWE-409: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) CWE