{"id":"CVE-2026-68911","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-68911","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:18:46.421Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2026-09-29T15:17:28.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-30T19:57:08.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"severity":"HIGH","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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-409"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00301,"percentile":0.22642,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-30","score":0.00301,"percentile":0.20628}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-09-29T15:17:28.000Z","detail":{"score":"8.7","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-09-29T15:17:27.647Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 8.7)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/commit/61de347fbaaab02eae1606df4f95d9dc17066d4c","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/pull/3646","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/releases/tag/3.3.11","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/security/advisories/GHSA-8w4c-p7mj-g886","source":"security-advisories@github.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68911","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}