# CVE-2026-118374: LibreSSL ocspcheck through 4.4.0 Memory Exhaustion via Unbounded OCSP HTTP Response

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-111550, GHSA-3V5R-5XMX-HW5G
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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

## Summary

LibreSSL's ocspcheck utility, used to check certificate revocation status via OCSP, can be made to run out of memory by a malicious OCSP responder or an attacker intercepting plain HTTP traffic, which sends endless HTTP headers or body data. The result is a denial of service, because certificate status checks fail or cannot complete.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- OpenBSD LibreSSL: through 4.4.0

## Description

LibreSSL ocspcheck through 4.4.0 contains a memory exhaustion vulnerability that allows malicious OCSP responders to exhaust memory by sending unbounded HTTP responses. Attackers controlling the responder or intercepting plain HTTP AIA OCSP traffic can stream endless headers or body data to http_head_read() and http_body_read(), denying certificate status checks.

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## References

- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/bf5da63f53179ef423d18c56d6da89eaefb56228
- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/de4274c56c9ace88232591d4c919d79281a8de59
- https://github.com/openbsd/src/blob/f6f428241d469cf434e60b73fc834d0448f068d5/usr.sbin/ocspcheck/http.c#L419
- 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-memory-exhaustion-via-unbounded-ocsp-http-response

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