CVE-2020-26242

high

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.

References

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-11-25

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00509

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