NTP before 4.2.8p9 does not properly perform the initial sync calculations, which allows remote attackers to unspecified impact via unknown vectors, related to a "root distance that did not include the peer dispersion."
Severity
CVSS 3.0
5.3 medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
9.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)