Medium (6.5) in ntp ntp. EPSS 3.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Directory traversal vulnerability in the save_config function in ntpd in ntp_control.c in NTP before 4.2.8p4, when used on systems that do not use '\' or '/' characters for directory separation such as OpenVMS, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
6.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
3.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)