01 Record
CVE-2026-118373
LibreSSL ocspcheck through 4.4.0 Cleartext Transmission of OCSP Requests via url2host()
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: VulnCheck
CNA base score6.3 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
LibreSSL ocspcheck through 4.4.0 Cleartext Transmission of OCSP Requests via url2host()
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
- 0.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 0.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-28.
- 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
- 2026-10-28 02:03Z1 DAY AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-28 02:03Z1 DAY AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-10-28
- Assigning CNA
- VulnCheck
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive InformationBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 1d31a9096f3bab9d0fe044e20a00b6e533c4e693e9bf5eba1fd8f36e488a6466
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/0f7039667044d1cd252cc72134e499186da4da25
- github.comhttps://github.com/openbsd/src/blob/17a8e44328ee2505d69723a126a390a526e50370/usr.sbin/ocspcheck/http.c#L299
- ftp.openbsd.orgLibreSSL 4.4.0 Release Noteshttps://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-4.4.0-relnotes.txt
- github.comhttps://github.com/libressl/portable
- www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: LibreSSL ocspcheck through 4.4.0 Cleartext Transmission of OCSP Requests via url2host()https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libressl-ocspcheck-through-4.4.0-cleartext-transmission-of-ocsp-requests-via-url2host