CVE-2020-26241
MEDIUMDescription
Go Ethereum, or "Geth", is the official Golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol. This is a Consensus vulnerability in Geth before version 1.9.17 which can be used to cause a chain-split where vulnerable nodes reject the canonical chain. Geth's pre-compiled dataCopy (at 0x00...04) contract did a shallow copy on invocation. An attacker could deploy a contract that writes X to an EVM memory region R, then calls 0x00..04 with R as an argument, then overwrites R to Y, and finally invokes the RETURNDATACOPY opcode. When this contract is invoked, a consensus-compliant node would push X on the EVM stack, whereas Geth would push Y. This is fixed in version 1.9.17.
How to fix
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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 62% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-30780 | High | 7.5 | 56% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2020-14422 | Medium | 5.9 | 13% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2016-7433 | Medium | 5.3 | 9.8% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2023-35641 | High | 8.8 | 7.2% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2018-8319 | Critical | 9.8 | 7.0% | - | - |
| CVE-2020-0022 | High | 8.8 | 6.1% | - | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2020-26241?
Upgrade go ethereum to 1.9.17 or later.
Is CVE-2020-26241 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2020-26241 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.1% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 62% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2020-26241?
CVE-2020-26241 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2020-26241 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for go ethereum (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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