What is GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jg?

GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jg is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. go-ethereum is vulnerable to high CPU usage leading to DoS via malicious p2p message

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jg cover?

GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jg covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-22868. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jg?

GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jg affects 1 product, including: go/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum:\u003c= 1.16.7.

GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jgHigh

go-ethereum is vulnerable to high CPU usage leading to DoS via malicious p2p message

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

January 13, 2026

Last Modified

January 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-22868 →

📋 Description

Impact

An attacker can cause high CPU usage by sending a specially crafted p2p message. More details to be released later.

Credit

This issue was reported to the Ethereum Foundation Bug Bounty Program by @Yenya030

🎯 Affected products1

go/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum:<= 1.16.7

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jg
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22868
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/abeb78c647e354ed922726a1d719ac7bc64a07e2
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jg