CVE-2026-102486

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cve.orgpublic pockev

NTPsec >= 1.1.4, < 1.2.6

fixed in 1.2.6

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

ETK-2026-2331, permanent identifier

cvss7.5cna vendorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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description

NTPsec ntpd versions 1.1.4 through 1.2.5 are affected by an out-of-bounds read while handling NTS extension fields. A remote attacker can crash the daemon if it processes malformed AEEF data containing an oversized nonce-length value.

mitigation

Upgrade ntpsec to version 1.2.6 or later.

fixed in 1.2.6

check

exploit

automation

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auth required

EPSS

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agent run time

1h 08m

cve.org record, t = 0

2026-10-21 15:04Z

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outcome

No artifact: an exploit or check was attempted but could not be produced at this moment.

source signals

Public signals that triggered or updated the pipeline. These are inputs for the deltas above.

2026-10-21 15:04Z
cve_org: trigger signal, started the run
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102486

this entry in the feed

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  "title": "Out-of-bounds read in NTPsec ntpd NTS parsing",
  "summary": "NTPsec ntpd versions 1.1.4 through 1.2.5 are affected by an out-of-bounds read while handling NTS extension fields. A remote attacker can crash the daemon if it processes malformed AEEF data containing an oversized nonce-length value.",
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published 2026-10-21 15:32Z
last change 2026-10-21 16:41Z

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