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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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.
Title LibreSSL ocspcheck through 4.4.0 Memory Exhaustion via Unbounded OCSP HTTP Response
First Time appeared Openbsd
Openbsd libressl
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:libressl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openbsd
Openbsd libressl
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.2, '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-28T02:03:22.183Z

Reserved: 2026-10-28T01:19:20.947Z

Link: CVE-2026-118374

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-28T03:17:13.923

Modified: 2026-10-28T03:17:13.923

Link: CVE-2026-118374

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Updated: 2026-10-28T05:00:13Z

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