CVE-2026-118374 (GCVE-0-2026-118374)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-28 02:03
Modified
2026-10-28 02:03
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OpenBSD LibreSSL Version: 0   ≤ 4.4.0
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