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CVE-2026-102486

Out-of-bounds Read in ntpsec

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.2.6
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Out-of-bounds read in NTS extension field parsing in NTPsec ntpd 1.1.4 through 1.2.5 allows a remote attacker to crash the daemon via an NTS Authenticator and Encrypted Extension Fields (AEEF) field with an oversized nonce length.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. First seen by cve.now
  3. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  4. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • NTPsec ntpsec

    From 1.1.4 · fixed in 1.2.6

References 3

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