CVE-2020-26240

Erroneous Proof of Work calculation in geth

Published Nov 25, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
Go Ethereum, or "Geth", is the official Golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol. An ethash mining DAG generation flaw in Geth before version 1.9.24 could cause miners to erroneously calculate PoW in an upcoming epoch (estimated early January, 2021). This happened on the ETC chain on 2020-11-06. This issue is relevant only for miners, non-mining nodes are unaffected. This issue is fixed as of 1.9.24

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-1406 Go Ethereum, or "Geth", is the official Golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol. An ethash mining DAG generation flaw in Geth before version 1.9.24 could cause miners to erroneously calculate PoW in an upcoming epoch (estimated early January, 2021). This happened on the ETC chain on 2020-11-06. This issue is relevant only for miners, non-mining nodes are unaffected. This issue is fixed as of 1.9.24
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v592-xf75-856p Erroneous Proof of Work calculation in geth
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 3:56 PM
Reserved
Oct 1, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 25, 2020, 2:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:07 AM