GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jg

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jg

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/01/GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jg/GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jg.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jg

Aliases

Published

2026-01-13T21:55:29Z

Modified

2026-02-03T02:58:49.032697Z

Severity

7.1 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

go-ethereum is vulnerable to high CPU usage leading to DoS via malicious p2p message

Details

Impact

An attacker can cause high CPU usage by sending a specially crafted p2p message. More details to be released later.

Credit

This issue was reported to the Ethereum Foundation Bug Bounty Program by @Yenya030

Database specific

{
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-01-13T21:55:29Z",
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-20",
        "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-13T21:15:54Z"
}

References

Affected packages

Go / github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum

Package

Name: github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.16.8

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/01/GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jg/GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jg.json"

last_known_affected_version_range

"<= 1.16.7"