CVE-2026-22868 — Improper Input Validation in Go-ethereum

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption10 documents5 sources
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.02%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Ethereum Go-ethereumGithub.com Ethereum Go-ethereumEthereum GO Ethereum
Timeline
PublishedJan 13
Latest updateJan 23

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.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5ethereum/go-ethereum< 1.16.8
▶NVDethereum/go_ethereum< 1.16.8

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
High CPU usage leading to DoS via malicious p2p message in github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum↗2026-01-23
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OSV
go-ethereum is vulnerable to high CPU usage leading to DoS via malicious p2p message↗2026-01-13
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CVEList
go-ethereum has a DoS via malicious p2p message↗2026-01-13
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GHSA
go-ethereum is vulnerable to high CPU usage leading to DoS via malicious p2p message↗2026-01-13
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CVE-2026-22868 — Improper Input Validation | cvebase