PT-2026-2801 · Unknown · Go-Ethereum

Delene Tchio Romuald · Published 2026-01-13 · Updated 2026-02-19 · CVE-2026-22862

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions go-ethereum (geth) versions prior to 1.16.8

Description go-ethereum (geth) is a golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol. A specially crafted message can force a vulnerable node to shutdown or crash, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

Recommendations Upgrade to version 1.16.8 or later.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-22862

GHSA-MR7Q-C9W9-WH4H

GO-2026-4315

SUSE-SU-2026:0292-1

Affected Products

Go-Ethereum

References · 30

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/22xxx/CVE-2026-22862.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/abeb78c647e354ed922726a1d719ac7bc64a07e2 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22862 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-22862 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-mr7q-c9w9-wh4h · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2026-4315 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0292-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum · Note
• https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-mr7q-c9w9-wh4h · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68388 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23511 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-44905 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18892 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-22868 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23520 · Note