7.5

CVE-2026-22868: ethereum go_ethereum Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesGHSA-mq3p-rrmp-79jgGO-2026-4314
Published 13-01-2026Last modified 14-01-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-22868 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ethereum go_ethereum. EPSS estimates a 0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.63%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1SUSE-SU-2026:0292-1

Timeline

  1. 13-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 1.16.8.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.63%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 0.63% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.63%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ethereum2 products
Github.com/ethereum1 product
  • go-ethereum< 1.16.8

2 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links