# Remote Denial of Service via malformed NIP‑44 v2 payload Advisory record · `GHSA-hrqp-8w79-gwgw` - **Identifiers:** `GHSA-hrqp-8w79-gwgw` · `RUSTSEC-2026-0216` - **State:** Confirmed - **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High - **Critical:** No - **Published:** 25 Jul 2026 - **Updated:** 1 Aug 2026 - **Reviewed by a person:** No Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 25 Jul 2026, 12:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. ## Affected packages - `nostr` (crates.io): affected `>=0.0.0-0, <0.44.5 || >=0.45.0-alpha.1, <0.45.0-alpha.5`; fixed in `0.44.5`, `0.45.0-alpha.5` ## Machine-written summary Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person. > The nostr crate, versions from 0.26.0 up to 0.44.4 and the alpha releases 0.45.0-alpha.1 through 0.45.0-alpha.4, can panic when decrypting a malformed NIP-44 v2 payload. An attacker who holds the conversation key, such as a direct-message sender, can send a crafted event through a relay that causes a remote denial of service. Upgrade to nostr 0.44.5 or 0.45.0-alpha.5. Written 8 Nov 2026. ## Not analysed yet We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check. ## Severity and exploitation - 7.5 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from OSV - **CISA KEV:** Not listed. - **EPSS:** No score. ## Timeline - 31 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC: First seen by agentprime - 31 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RUSTSEC-2026-0216) ## Sources - [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-hrqp-8w79-gwgw](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hrqp-8w79-gwgw) - [OSV: GHSA-hrqp-8w79-gwgw](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hrqp-8w79-gwgw) - - - Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code. ## Check whether this affects you A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet. - With the agentprime MCP server (), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: - In a browser: reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it. - Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, - As JSON: , or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages () --- The web page: . Everything for agents: .