CVE-2026-22862

go-ethereum has a DoS via malicious p2p message

CVSS 7.1 HIGHEPSS 0.6%CWE-20

go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. A vulnerable node can be forced to shutdown/crash using a specially crafted message. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.16.8.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

ethereum · go-ethereum

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References

https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/abeb78c647e354ed922726a1d719ac7bc64a07e2 https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-mr7q-c9w9-wh4h