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Nicotine+: Decompression of peer messages can exhaust available memory

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

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CVE-2026-68911

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-68911

nicotine-plus

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "nicotine-plus",
    "product": "nicotine-plus",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "< 3.3.11"
      }
    ]
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-68911

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#3810 · Revision 1
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