CVE-2026-121506 PUBLISHED

Out-of-bounds Write in NTPsec

Assigner: GitLab
Reserved: 03.11.2026 Published: 03.11.2026 Updated: 03.11.2026

An out-of-bounds read and write in NTS client extension field parsing (extens_client_recv) in NTPsec before 1.2.5 allows a remote attacker who can send NTP server-mode replies to an NTS client to corrupt heap memory and crash ntpd, and, combined with the NTS-KE client out-of-bounds read fixed in 1.2.4, to bypass NTS authentication and set the client's time, via an NTS Authenticator and Encrypted Extension Fields field whose nonce length exceeds the field.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.4

Product Status

Vendor NTPsec
Product NTPsec
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1.1.4 to 1.2.5 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to version 1.2.5 or above.

Credits

  • Found by OSS-Fuzz (issue 393742176); Erica Windisch (Cyberdione Labs) analyzed its impact finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write CWE