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CVE-2026-68911

Nicotine+: Decompression of peer messages can exhaust available memory

HIGH
8.7
CVSS Score
Published: September 29, 2026 at 02:59 PM UTC
Updated: September 30, 2026 at 07:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNicotine+

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Severity
HIGH8.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Nicotine+· Nicotine Plus
60%
v < 3.3.11
Affected range stops below 3.3.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.7HIGHGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-409

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