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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2021-39137 EUVD-2021-1653GHSA-9856-9gg9-qcmqGO-2022-0254

Consensus flaw during block processing in go-ethereum

Published Aug 24, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

go-ethereum is the official Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol. In affected versions a consensus-vulnerability in go-ethereum (Geth) could cause a chain split, where vulnerable versions refuse to accept the canonical chain. Further details about the vulnerability will be disclosed at a later date. A patch is included in the upcoming `v1.10.8` release. No workaround are available.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ethereum go-ethereum >= 1.10.0, < 1.10.8 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum >= 1.10.0, < 1.10.8 1.10.8 GHSA-9856-9gg9-qcmq
Go github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum < 1.10.8 1.10.8 GO-2022-0254

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