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RUSTSEC-2026-0226

Wallet event parsers accept unauthenticated events

7.5 HighFix available

The NIP-47 response and notification parsers and the NIP-60 wallet event parsers decrypted relay-provided events before verifying their kind, computed event ID, signature, and expected wallet public key. The decryption peer was derived from the untrusted event author, so successful decryption did not prove that the configured wallet created the event.

An attacker can sign an event with their own key and derive the corresponding shared secret with the victim's public key. A malicious relay delivering that event could therefore cause attacker-chosen encrypted content to be parsed as a response, notification, token, spending record, or quote from the configured wallet. This can corrupt wallet state or cause an application to act on forged wallet data. The issue does not expose the victim's private key or decrypt events authored by the legitimate wallet.

The affected parsers now verify the event kind, ID, signature, and exact configured wallet author before attempting decryption or parsing the plaintext.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

What each source reports

OSV Score used 7.5

Wallet event parsers accept unauthenticated events

The NIP-47 response and notification parsers and the NIP-60 wallet event parsers decrypted relay-provided events before verifying their kind, computed event ID, signature, and expected wallet public key. The decryption peer was derived from the untrusted event author, so successful decryption did not prove that the configured wallet created the event.

An attacker can sign an event with their own key and derive the corresponding shared secret with the victim's public key. A malicious relay delivering that event could therefore cause attacker-chosen encrypted content to be parsed as a response, notification, token, spending record, or quote from the configured wallet. This can corrupt wallet state or cause an application to act on forged wallet data. The issue does not expose the victim's private key or decrypt events authored by the legitimate wallet.

The affected parsers now verify the event kind, ID, signature, and exact configured wallet author before attempting decryption or parsing the plaintext.

Record
RUSTSEC-2026-0226
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
nostr
crates.io
0.0.0-0 up to 0.44.7
0.44.7

History

History
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In short

RUSTSEC-2026-0226 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in nostr, published August 1, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. Fixed in nostr 0.44.7.

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