PT-2026-2802 · Unknown · Go-Ethereum

Yenya030 · Published 2026-01-13 · Updated 2026-01-26 · CVE-2026-22868

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 execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. A specially crafted message can force a vulnerable node to shutdown or crash. This can be triggered remotely without requiring authentication.

Recommendations Upgrade to version 1.16.8.

Exploit

Fix

Resource Exhaustion

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-22868

GHSA-MQ3P-RRMP-79JG

GO-2026-4314

SUSE-SU-2026:0292-1

Affected Products

Go-Ethereum

References · 28

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/22xxx/CVE-2026-22868.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/abeb78c647e354ed922726a1d719ac7bc64a07e2 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jg · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2026-4314 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22868 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-22868 · 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-mq3p-rrmp-79jg · Note
• https://twitter.com/VolerionSec/status/2011191959482724471 · Twitter Post
• 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