CVE-2025-24883: go-ethereum has a DoS via malicious p2p message

Severity: high (CVSS 8.7 v4.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-01-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-248

Description

go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. A vulnerable node can be forced to shutdown/crash using a specially crafted message. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.14.13.

Affected products

ethereum go-ethereum: from 1.14.0, < 1.14.13

References

https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/fa9a2ff8687ec9efe57b4b9833d5590d20f8a83f
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-q26p-9cq4-7fc2

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