CVE
CVE-2026-22868
go-ethereum is vulnerable to high CPU usage leading to DoS via malicious p2p message
Impact
An attacker can cause high CPU usage by sending a specially crafted p2p message.
More details to be released later.
Credit
This issue was reported to the Ethereum Foundation Bug Bounty Program by @Yenya030
Package Versions Affected
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CVSS Version
Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
7.1
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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:X
C
H
U
0
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C
H
U
6.5
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Related Resources
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References
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jg, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22868, https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/abeb78c647e354ed922726a1d719ac7bc64a07e2, https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
Basic Information
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