Nicotine+: Decompression of peer messages can exhaust available memory (CVE-2026-68911) | HOL Guard CVE

High · CVSS 8.7CVE-2026-68911

Nicotine+: Decompression of peer messages can exhaust available memory

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-68911 records a High severity (CVSS 8.7) vulnerability in Nicotine+: Decompression of peer messages can exhaust available memory. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Sep 29, 2026Updated Sep 29, 2026Source checked Sep 29, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 29, 2026Material review Sep 29, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: High · CVSS 8.7
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Available

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 8.7. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
nicotine-plus/nicotine-plusgeneric	<3.3.11	3.3.11

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus.
Review the reported fix. Update nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus to 3.3.11 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Sep 29, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Sep 29, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Sep 29, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source 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.

Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.