{"id":"CVE-2026-68911","title":"Nicotine+ is a graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network","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…","severity":"high","cvss":8.7,"cvssVector":"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","cwe":["CWE-409"],"vendor":"nicotine-plus","product":"nicotine-plus","affected":["nicotine-plus < 3.3.11"],"published":"2026-09-29","updated":"2026-09-30","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-30T19:57:08.043","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68911","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/commit/61de347fbaaab02eae1606df4f95d9dc17066d4c","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/pull/3646","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/releases/tag/3.3.11","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/security/advisories/GHSA-8w4c-p7mj-g886","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-68911.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-68911"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68911"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68911"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"epss":0.00301,"epssPercentile":0.22709,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-29T16:04:29.256217Z"},"cvssSource":"cna","scores":{"cna":8.7,"vendor":7.5},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-29T16:39:33.260Z","slug":"CVE-2026-68911","body":"## Overview\n\nNicotine+ 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · updated 2026-09-29 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-68911.json)","depth":"twilight","depthScore":48,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":47.8,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}