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SCA: security update for github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (GHSA-v592-xf75-856p)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433154

Description

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

 - Go Ethereum, or "Geth", is the official Golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol. An ethash mining
 DAG generation flaw in Geth before version 1.9.24 could cause miners to erroneously calculate PoW in an
 upcoming epoch (estimated early January, 2021). This happened on the ETC chain on 2020-11-06. This issue
 is relevant only for miners, non-mining nodes are unaffected. This issue is fixed as of 1.9.24
 (CVE-2020-26240)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v592-xf75-856p

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 433154

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/12/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26240

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26240

cwe: CWE-682