๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-26314

UNKNOWN 0.0

Go Ethereum affected by DoS via malicious p2p message

CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-20
Vendor ethereum
Product go-ethereum
Published Feb 19, 2026
Last Updated Feb 20, 2026
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Affected Versions

ethereum / go-ethereum
< 1.16.9

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-2gjw-fg97-vg3r github.com: https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/895a8597cb16c02203e38707ed2d1da5c500fe60 github.com: https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/releases/tag/v1.16.9