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.
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | go-ethereum has a DoS via malicious p2p message | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-20 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-01-13T20:27:10.979Z
Updated: 2026-01-13T20:27:10.979Z
Reserved: 2026-01-12T16:20:16.746Z
Link: CVE-2026-22862
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-01-13T21:15:54.613
Modified: 2026-01-14T16:25:40.430
Link: CVE-2026-22862
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