CVE-2020-26242

Denial of service in geth

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Published Nov 25, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

Go Ethereum, or "Geth", is the official Golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol. In Geth before version 1.9.18, there is a Denial-of-service (crash) during block processing. This is fixed in 1.9.18.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

ethereum

go-ethereum

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`< 1.9.18`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:go_ethereum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-1345	Go Ethereum, or "Geth", is the official Golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol. In Geth before version 1.9.18, there is a Denial-of-service (crash) during block processing. This is fixed in 1.9.18.
Github GHSA	GHSA-jm5c-rv3w-w83m	Denial of service in geth

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.5% (1.480% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/12/geth_security_release/
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-jm5c-rv3w-w83m

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ethereum Go Ethereum

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 3:56 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: Nov 25, 2020, 1:25 AM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 3:56 PM
Reserved: Oct 1, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:07 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 25, 2020, 2:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:07 AM

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