CVE-2026-26314 — Go Ethereum affected by DoS via malicious p2p message
go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. Prior to version 1.16.9, a vulnerable node can be forced to shutdown/crash using a specia…
Published: 2026-02-19 · CVSS: 8.7 · CVSS 4.0
go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. Prior to version 1.16.9, a vulnerable node can be forced to shutdown/crash using a specially crafted message. The problem is resolved in the v1.16.9 and v1.17.0 releases of Geth.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7