CVE-2020-26242

moderate-risk

Published 2020-11-25

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.

Do I need to act?

0.51% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 6.5/10 Medium

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Go Ethereum

Affected Vendors

Ethereum

References (4)

Vendor Advisory https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/12/geth_security_release/

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-jm5c-rv3w-w83m

Vendor Advisory https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/12/geth_security_release/

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-jm5c-rv3w-w83m

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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal