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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-0288

NIXPKGS-2026-0288
published on 20 Feb 2026
updated 1 day, 13 hours ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
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Go Ethereum affected by DoS via malicious p2p message

go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. Prior to version 1.17.0, an attacker can cause high memory usage by sending a specially-crafted p2p message. The issue is resolved in the v1.17.0 release.

Affected products

go-ethereum
  • ==< 1.17.0

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Package maintainers

Upstream advisory: https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-689v-6xwf-5jf3