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CVE-2022-23327

Published: Mar 4, 2022Updated: Jul 9, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSANVD-CWE-noinfo
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.4%
Top 30.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Workaround Only
Self-Check
Not available

Description

A design flaw in Go-Ethereum 1.10.12 and older versions allows an attacker node to send 5120 future transactions with a high gas price in one message, which can purge all of pending transactions in a victim node's memory pool, causing a denial of service (DoS).

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

ethereum
oss-projectaka go ethereum, cpp-ethereum, go-ethereum
go ethereumMixed
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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References

https://tristartom.github.io/docs/ccs21.pdf
tristartom.github.io
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3460120.3485369
dl.acm.org
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23327
nvd.nist.gov
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