CVE-2026-26076 PUBLISHED

ntpd-rs affected by excessive CPU load from malformed packets

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 10.02.2026 Published: 12.02.2026 Updated: 12.02.2026

ntpd-rs is a full-featured implementation of the Network Time Protocol. Prior to 1.7.1, an attacker can remotely induce moderate increases (2-4 times above normal) in cpu usage. When having NTS enabled on an ntpd-rs server, an attacker can create malformed NTS packets that take significantly more effort for the server to respond to by requesting a large number of cookies. This can lead to degraded server performance even when a server could otherwise handle the load. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.7.1.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.9

Product Status

Vendor pendulum-project
Product ntpd-rs
Versions
  • Version < 1.7.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE