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CVE-2021-22212

7.4 highEPSS 0.5%

High (7.4). EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

ntpkeygen can generate keys that ntpd fails to parse. NTPsec 1.2.0 allows ntpkeygen to generate keys with '#' characters. ntpd then either pads, shortens the key, or fails to load these keys entirely, depending on the key type and the placement of the '#'. This results in the administrator not being able to use the keys as expected or the keys are shorter than expected and easier to brute-force, possibly resulting in MITM attacks between ntp clients and ntp servers. For short AES128 keys, ntpd generates a warning that it is padding them.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.4 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 44% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-327
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

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