CVE-2020-26264: Go Ethereum, or "Geth", is the official Golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol. In Geth before version 1.9.25 a denial-of-service vulnerability can…

PriorityP434medium6.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

1.86%

76.6th percentile

Go Ethereum, or "Geth", is the official Golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol. In Geth before version 1.9.25 a denial-of-service vulnerability can make a LES server crash via malicious GetProofsV2 request from a connected LES client. This vulnerability only concerns users explicitly enabling les server; disabling les prevents the exploit. The vulnerability was patched in version 1.9.25.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
ethereum	go-ethereum	< 1.9.25	1.9.25
ethereum	go_ethereum	< 1.9.25	1.9.25
github.com	ethereum_go-ethereum	>= 0 < 1.9.25	1.9.25

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.04.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

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