VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-7974

CVSS score7.7 HIGH
EPSS probability5.66%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-01-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 do not verify peer associations of symmetric keys when authenticating packets, which might allow remote attackers to conduct impersonation attacks via an arbitrary trusted key, aka a "skeleton key."

Weakness classification

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Primary references