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SCA: security update for github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (GHSA-pvx3-gm3c-gmpr)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 447538

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A design flaw in Go-Ethereum 1.10.12 and older versions allows an attacker node to send 5120 future
 transactions with a high gas price in one message, which can purge all of pending transactions in a victim
 node's memory pool, causing a denial of service (DoS). (CVE-2022-23327)

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pvx3-gm3c-gmpr

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 447538

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/3/2026

Updated: 9/3/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23327

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23327

cwe: CWE-400