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CVE-2015-7974

7.7 highEPSS 5.7%

NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 do not verify peer associations of symmetric keys when authenticating packets, which might allow remote attackers to conduct impersonation attacks via an arbitrary trusted key, aka a "skeleton key."

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.7 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
5.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-287
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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