CVE-2026-26313 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-26313: Go Ethereum affected by DoS via malicious p2p message

Vendor Ethereum
Product go-ethereum
Weakness CWE-770 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
Published February 19, 2026
Last update February 20, 2026

CVSS base score

6.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. Prior to version 1.17.0, an attacker can cause high memory usage by sending a specially-crafted p2p message. The issue is resolved in the v1.17.0 release.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 19, 2026 CVE published
February 20, 2026 Record updated