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Description

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-02-13 | Published 2026-02-19 | Updated 2026-02-20 | Assigner GitHub_M




MEDIUM: 6.9CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem types

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Product status

< 1.17.0
affected

References

github.com/...hereum/security/advisories/GHSA-689v-6xwf-5jf3

github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/releases/tag/v1.17.0

cve.org (CVE-2026-26313)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-26313)

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