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TI-2024-21838 Aliases CVE-2024-32972GHSA-4xc9-8hmq-j652

go-ethereum denial of service via malicious p2p message

Priority LOW 34CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. Prior to 1.13.15, a vulnerable node can be made to consume very large amounts of memory when handling specially crafted p2p messages sent from an attacker node. The fix has been included in geth version `1.13.15` and onwards.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00846 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed go-ethereum (ethereum): 1.13.15github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (Go): 1.13.15

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ethereumgo-ethereumbefore 1.13.151.13.15Patch availableCNA
—github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (Go)before 1.13.151.13.15Patch availableGHSA-4xc9-8hmq-j652
  • go-ethereum Vendorethereum Affected before 1.13.15 Fixed in 1.13.15 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.13.15 Fixed in 1.13.15 Patch available GHSA-4xc9-8hmq-j652

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:go_ethereum:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by CISA-ADP—ethereum
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:go_ethereum:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by CISA-ADP — ·ethereum

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA go-ethereum (ethereum) Fixed in 1.13.15
  • Fix · GHSA-4xc9-8hmq-j652 github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (Go) Fixed in 1.13.15 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-32972
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4xc9-8hmq-j652

References

Advisory 2

Other 3

  • TI-2023-22561 Geth (aka go-ethereum) through 1.13.4, when --http --graphql is used, allows remote… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-74955 Server-side request forgery in Web3.py CCIP Read URL validation CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
  • TI-2017-10558 Out-of-bounds read in CPP-Ethereum CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2018-11329 An issue was discovered in EthereumJ 1.8.2. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-21270 Go Ethereum affected by DoS via malicious p2p message CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2025-18585 go-ethereum has a DoS via malicious p2p message CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
See all 43 →

Sources

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