CVE-2026-22862
HighPublished
go-ethereum has a DoS via malicious p2p message
- Published
- Jan 13, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 15, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Evidence observed
- Aug 25, 2026
Primary CVSS
7.1/ 10High
nvd · CVSS 4.0
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X0.7%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 53.2%
- Model date
- Oct 15, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
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