# CVE-2026-118373: LibreSSL ocspcheck through 4.4.0 Cleartext Transmission of OCSP Requests via url2host()

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-111549, GHSA-56QC-C576-QQ46
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-10-28 · Updated: 2026-10-28

## Affected

- OpenBSD LibreSSL: through 4.4.0

## Description

LibreSSL ocspcheck through 4.4.0 contains a cleartext transmission vulnerability because url2host() discards the OCSP URL scheme and http_alloc() only selects TLS for port 443. On-path network attackers can read OCSP requests sent to https responder URLs on non-443 ports, exposing certificate serial numbers, issuer hashes, and nonces.

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## References

- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/0f7039667044d1cd252cc72134e499186da4da25
- https://github.com/openbsd/src/blob/17a8e44328ee2505d69723a126a390a526e50370/usr.sbin/ocspcheck/http.c#L299
- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-4.4.0-relnotes.txt
- https://github.com/libressl/portable
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libressl-ocspcheck-through-4.4.0-cleartext-transmission-of-ocsp-requests-via-url2host

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