# CVE-2026-52879: Klever-Go: Unbounded goroutine spawn on direct-message ingress enables peer-driven DoS

- Also known as: GO-2026-5424, GHSA-HF2G-6J7H-98WG
- 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: from 1.7.14, fixed in 1.7.18
- github.com/klever-io/klever-go (Go): from 1.7.14, fixed in 1.7.18

## Description

Klever-Go is the Go implementation of the Klever blockchain protocol. In versions 1.7.14 through 1.7.17, the direct-message ingress handler spawns a new goroutine for every incoming direct message before the processor-level antiflood layer makes any admission decision, with no semaphore, throttler, or bound on the number of concurrent in-flight spawns. Because the antiflood check runs inside the spawned goroutine rather than before it, a single connected peer can open a direct-send stream and send a stream of well-formed messages to force unbounded goroutine creation, where each goroutine allocates its own stack and holds a message reference until processing completes, adding scheduler and garbage-collection pressure faster than the runtime can drain it. This lets one peer degrade the node's availability and its ability to process legitimate traffic, resulting in a remotely triggerable denial of service. The issue is fixed in 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-hf2g-6j7h-98wg
- https://github.com/klever-io/klever-go/releases/tag/v1.7.18

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