CVE-2026-22862: Ethereum Go Ethereum

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 1.16.8.

Affected products

• Ethereum Go Ethereum: before 1.16.8 (fixed in 1.16.8)

Published 2026-01-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.