# Geth security release

DevFeed: [Geth security release](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/geth-security-release-16930.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2020/11/12/geth-security-release>)

Author: Geth team

Published: 2020-11-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Go Language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go-language.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [docker images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker-images.md>), [Algorithm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/algorithm.md>)

Tags: [cve](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cve.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [docker-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker-images.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [golang](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/golang.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [release-notes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release-notes.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vulnerability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerability.md>)

## AI overview

This security release warns that Geth versions built with vulnerable Go versions may be affected by CVE-2020-28362, a denial-of-service flaw capable of crashing nodes during block processing. It recommends rebuilding with Go 1.15.5 or 1.14.12, ideally as Geth v1.9.24, and discusses related release coordination and an ethash mining issue.

## Source excerpt

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