CVE-2026-26076 (GCVE-0-2026-26076)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-12 21:48 – Updated: 2026-02-13 16:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
ntpd-rs affected by excessive CPU load from malformed packets
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-13 15:59 UTC
CWE
- CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/pendulum-project/ntpd-rs/secur… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/pendulum-project/ntpd-rs/commi… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/pendulum-project/ntpd-rs/relea… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pendulum-project | ntpd-rs |
Affected:
< 1.7.1
|
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