CVE-2026-118374

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 76/100
Published: 2026-10-28 Modified: 2026-10-28 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
AT: Present
VC: None
VI: None
VA: High

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
OpenBSD LibreSSL 0
OpenBSD LibreSSL 0

Bug Bounty Relevance

76 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.2 / 10.0 v4.0
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

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.21%
Raw Score 0.002120
Percentile 11.5%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00212
2026-10-28
0.00212

Intelligence Sources

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