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.
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Upgrade to version 1.2.5 or above.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:30:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Out-of-bounds Write in NTPsec | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-787 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-03T15:29:28.236Z
Reserved: 2026-11-03T14:17:04.662Z
Link: CVE-2026-121506
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-11-03T15:17:37.717
Modified: 2026-11-03T15:17:37.717
Link: CVE-2026-121506
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