{"id":24516,"date":"2026-10-19T00:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T00:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/10\/19\/security-alert-all-geth-nodes-crash-due-to-an-out-of-memory-bug\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T00:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T00:16:15","slug":"security-alert-all-geth-nodes-crash-due-to-an-out-of-memory-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/10\/19\/security-alert-all-geth-nodes-crash-due-to-an-out-of-memory-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Security alert &#8211; All geth nodes crash due to an out of memory bug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<style data-emotion=\"css gi02ar\"><![CDATA[.css-gi02ar{margin-top:var(--chakra-space-7);margin-bottom:var(--chakra-space-7);line-height:1.5;}.css-gi02ar:first-of-type{margin-bottom:var(--chakra-space-7);}]]><\/style>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Security Alert<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Affected configurations: Geth<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Likelihood: High<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Severity: High<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Summary: geth nodes running out of memory and crashing on block <\/p>\n<style data-emotion=\"css vezwxf\"><![CDATA[.css-vezwxf{transition-property:var(--chakra-transition-property-common);transition-duration:var(--chakra-transition-duration-fast);transition-timing-function:var(--chakra-transition-easing-ease-out);cursor:pointer;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;outline:2px solid transparent;outline-offset:2px;font-family:var(--chakra-fonts-body);color:var(--chakra-colors-fg-link);display:inline;}.css-vezwxf:focus-visible,.css-vezwxf[data-focus-visible]{box-shadow:var(--chakra-shadows-outline);}.css-vezwxf:hover,.css-vezwxf[data-hover]{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;box-shadow:inset 0 -8px 0 rgba(165, 234, 245, 0.5);}]]><\/style>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/etherchain.org\/block\/2283416\">https:\/\/etherchain.org\/block\/2283416<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Details: TBD<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\">Solution: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ethereum\/go-ethereum\/releases\/tag\/v1.4.12\">Geth 1.4.12<\/a> was released. Please update ASAP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ethereum.org\/en\/2016\/09\/18\/security-alert-geth-nodes-crash-due-memory-bug\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security Alert Affected configurations: Geth Likelihood: High Severity: High Summary: geth nodes running out of memory and crashing on block https:\/\/etherchain.org\/block\/2283416 Details: TBD Solution: Geth 1.4.12 was released. Please update ASAP. Source link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":23152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"kronos_expire_date":[],"class_list":["post-24516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethereum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24516"},{"taxonomy":"kronos_expire_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kronos_expire_date?post=24516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}