PT-2026-20348 · Unknown · Go-Ethereum

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CVE-2026-26314

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Published

2026-02-17

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Updated

2026-07-30

CVSS v4.0

8.7

High

VectorAV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions go-ethereum (geth) versions prior to 1.16.9
Description go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. A vulnerable node can be forced to shut down or crash remotely without requiring login through the use of a specially crafted malicious p2p message.
Recommendations Update to version 1.16.9 or 1.17.0 and regenerate the node key.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

RCE

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-26314
GHSA-2GJW-FG97-VG3R
GO-2026-4507
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0757-1

Affected Products

Go-Ethereum