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CVE-2020-26264 json

LES Server DoS via GetProofsV2

published 5y ago modified last mo. also GHSA-r33q-22hv-j29q , GO-2021-0063 , EUVD-2021-1389

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Go Ethereum, or "Geth", is the official Golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol. In Geth before version 1.9.25 a denial-of-service vulnerability can make a LES server crash via malicious GetProofsV2 request from a connected LES client. This vulnerability only concerns users explicitly enabling les server; disabling les prevents the exploit. The vulnerability was patched in version 1.9.25.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum 1.9.25
  • ethereum go_ethereum 1.9.25
  • go-ethereum Arch Linux 1.9.25-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1351

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Exploit prediction

1.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
<1.9.25
1.9.25

Affected products

  • ethereum go-ethereum

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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