# CVE-2026-47249: Klever-Go KVM: Hash-array amplification in P2P resolver request handling

- Also known as: GO-2026-5685, GHSA-W342-MJ6G-V9C4
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.7.18
- Published: 2026-08-07 · Updated: 2026-08-10

## Affected

- klever-io klever-go: fixed in 1.7.18
- github.com/klever-io/klever-go (Go): fixed in 1.7.18

## Description

Klever-Go is the Go implementation of the Klever blockchain protocol. Prior to 1.7.18, the P2P resolver request handling logic is vulnerable to hash-array amplification. A connected peer can send a compressed RequestDataType_HashArrayType direct request that is only 442 bytes on the wire but expands into 200,000 decoded hash entries inside the resolver path. The resolver's antiflood logic counts only a single logical message and the compressed wire size, and while Batch.Decompress() caps the decompressed byte size, it never limits the number of decoded repeated-field items. As a result, both TxResolver and TrieNodeResolver preallocate and iterate over the entire unchecked set of decoded hashes, causing remote memory and CPU amplification against any node that accepts P2P peer connections. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.18.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on klever-io klever-go, github.com/klever-io/klever-go, upgrade to a fixed version (1.7.18) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/klever-io/klever-go/security/advisories/GHSA-w342-mj6g-v9c4
- https://github.com/klever-io/klever-go/releases/tag/v1.7.18

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