High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 4, 2022· Updated Jul 9, 2026
CVE-2022-23328
CVE-2022-23328
Description
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 pending transactions in a victim node's memory pool and then occupy the memory pool to prevent new transactions from entering the pool, resulting in a denial of service (DoS).
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereumGo | <= 1.10.16 | — |
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:go_ethereum:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3460120.3485369nvdExploitMitigationTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- tristartom.github.io/docs/ccs21.pdfnvdExploitMitigationTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-vmf7-hmh6-vv57ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23328ghsaADVISORY
- ethereum.comghsaWEB
- go-ethereum.comghsaWEB
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