Resource exhaustion in Ethereum Go_ethereum

CVE-2022-23328

A design flaw in all versions of Go-Ethereum allows an attacker node to send 5120 pending transactions of a high gas price from one account that all fully spend the full balance of the account to a victim Geth node, which can purge all of…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.018 (76.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation)
  • cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23328?
CVE-2022-23328 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ethereum Go_ethereum, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-03-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-23328?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-23328 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.