Resource exhaustion in ntpd-rs - CVE-2025-58066
Published: September 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU114954
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-58066
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Project Pendulum
Affected software:
ntpd-rs
ntpd-rs
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-58066
Install updates from vendor's website.