Resource exhaustion in Pendulum-project Ntpd-rs
CVE-2026-26076
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…
EPSS: 0.001 (22.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Pendulum-project Ntpd-rs — versions < 1.7.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/pendulum-project/ntpd-rs/security/advisories/GHSA-c7j7-rmvr-fjmv (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- https://github.com/pendulum-project/ntpd-rs/commit/fa73af14d17b666b1142b9fee3ba22c18a841d24 (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://github.com/pendulum-project/ntpd-rs/releases/tag/v1.7.1 (x_refsource_MISC)