Go Ethereum affected by DoS via malicious p2p message
Go Ethereum affected by DoS via malicious p2p message. An attacker can cause high memory usage by sending a specially-crafted p2p message. More details to be released later. The issue is resolved in the v1.17.0 release.
Vuln-watch · relayed from the GitHub Advisory Database; see Source & attribution below
Summary
An attacker can cause high memory usage by sending a specially-crafted p2p message. More details to be released later. The issue is resolved in the v1.17.0 release.
Affected
- github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (go) < 1.17.0 — fixed in 1.17.0
Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.9), as rated by the upstream advisory.
Recommended actions
- Upgrade github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum to 1.17.0 or later
Source & attribution
This 0xCERT advisory summarises GHSA-689v-6xwf-5jf3 / CVE-2026-26313 from the GitHub Advisory Database, credited upstream to revofusion: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-689v-6xwf-5jf3. Details may change; refer to the original source for the authoritative record.
References
OpenPGP-signed. The signed text of this advisory verifies against the 0xCERT key CCC7 D9EC 9415 723D.
Published 2026-02-18 · last updated 2026-10-08
curl -s https://www.0xcert.com/pgp.asc | gpg --import && curl -s https://www.0xcert.com/advisory/0xCERT-2026-0219/signed.txt | gpg --verify