Go Ethereum (aka geth) through 1.10.21 allows attackers to increase rewards by mining…
Priority LOW 29Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Go Ethereum (aka geth) through 1.10.21 allows attackers to increase rewards by mining blocks in certain situations, and using a manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks, aka Riskless Uncle Making (RUM), as exploited in the wild in 2020 through 2022.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01271 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (Go) | up to 1.10.21 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (Go) Vendor— Affected up to 1.10.21 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-37450
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69
References
Advisory 2
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- TI-2023-21389 Denial of service via malicious p2p message in go-ethereum CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-08612 The GetBlockHeadersMsg handler in the LES protocol implementation in Go Ethereum (aka… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
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- TI-2026-21269 Go Ethereum affected by DoS via malicious p2p message CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2022-37450 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-37450 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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