Upstream information

CVE-2026-102486 at MITRE

Description

Out-of-bounds read in NTS extension field parsing in NTPsec ntpd 1.1.4 through 1.2.5 allows a remote attacker to crash the daemon via an NTS Authenticator and Encrypted Extension Fields (AEEF) field with an oversized nonce length.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Gitlab)
Base Score 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1286631 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • libntpc1 >= 1.2.6-1.1
  • ntpsec >= 1.2.6-1.1
  • ntpsec-devel >= 1.2.6-1.1
  • ntpsec-doc >= 1.2.6-1.1
  • ntpsec-utils >= 1.2.6-1.1
  • python3-ntp >= 1.2.6-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2026-12229

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Oct 22 11:53:36 2026
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 23 12:54:52 2026