CVE-2021-22212
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,
02 Description
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,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 44.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-06-08 12:07Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 18:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-01-05
- Assigning CNA
- GitLab
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.0)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-327Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic AlgorithmClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1d5c33ee14b64c399d43225d18b9066d70928629d59c4e7f48ffc0f9230b0350
05 Affected products
06 References
- gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/NTPsec/ntpsec/-/issues/699
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1955859
- gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22212.json
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-3ffc890685https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3GIT2HYL5BQXPGKI6ZDNG473IEQ5WQF2/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ntpsec Fixed in 1.2.0+dfsg1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ntpsec Fixed in 1.2.0+dfsg1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ntpsec Fixed in 1.2.0+dfsg1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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