An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3.
Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-476Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.
Summary
An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. An authenticated attacker can cause a NULL pointer dereference and ntpd crash in ntp_control.c, related to ctl_getitem.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.14689 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-6445
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-48cf-q482-5pp4
References
More Ntpsec vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-04513 An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2019-04514 An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2019-04512 An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-03725 Incomplete Internal State Distinction in ntpsec CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-05198 Broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in ntpsec CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
- TI-2016-01415 ntpd in NTP 4.2.8p3 and NTPsec a5fb34b9cc89b92a8fef2f459004865c93bb7f92 relies on the… CVSS 3.0LOW 3.7
Sources
- CVE-2019-6445 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-6445 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-48cf-q482-5pp4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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