CVE-2025-24883 go-ethereum has a DoS via malicious p2p message
A malicious peer-to-peer message can crash a go-ethereum node, causing a denial of service for Ethereum network participants.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-24883?
CVE-2025-24883 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in go-ethereum, published on 30 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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 1.14.13.
Weakness: CWE-248
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24883?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum Go | From 1.14.0 | 1.14.13 |
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum Go | From 1.14.0 | 1.14.13 |
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum Go | From 1.14.0 | 1.14.13 |
How do I fix CVE-2025-24883?
Upgrade github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum to 1.14.13 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-24883 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24883 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q26p-9cq4-7fc2, GO-2025-3436.