CVE-2026-118372: LibreSSL ocspcheck through 4.4.0 CRLF Injection via AIA OCSP URL Path
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 25/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.14% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- No fixed version is recorded, but the references include a patch (commit or PR) link.
Low priority for now. See the fix and affected versions sections below.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
LibreSSL ocspcheck through 4.4.0 contains a CRLF injection vulnerability that allows attackers to inject HTTP headers by embedding CR/LF sequences in a certificate's AIA OCSP URI path. Because url2host() copies the path without rejecting control characters and http_open() places it in the POST request line, attackers can inject headers or split OCSP requests sent to the responder host.
- Published
- Oct 28, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 28, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 3th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-93
Report tools
Action score
25
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 25 / 40 · 6.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · VulnCheck
- 6.3
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- Not in KEV: no record of exploitation in the wild
- No public exploit code on record
- No fixed version yet
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Noroxi analysis
What does it mean in your environment?
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Is your version affected?
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Check your server's TLS configuration
The LibreSSL version can't be seen from outside; the free SSL checker tests your certificate, enabled TLS versions and weak ciphers. Confirm the version on your server with the package manager.
Run the SSL checkVersions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulnCheck). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
OpenBSD LibreSSL
- up to and including 4.4.0affected · semver
Same product
openbsd: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2015-5334Off-by-one error in the OBJ_obj2txt function in LibreSSL before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) o40Plan
- CVE-2023-35784A double free or use after free could occur after SSL_clear in OpenBSD 7.2 before errata 026 and 7.3 before errata 004, and in LibreSSL befo39Monitor
- CVE-2021-46880x509/x509_verify.c in LibreSSL before 3.4.2, and OpenBSD before 7.0 errata 006, allows authentication bypass because an error for an unverif39Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2022-48437Apr 12, 2023 · An issue was discovered in x509/x509_verify.c in LibreSSL before 3.6.1, and in OpenBSD before 7.2 errata 001.21Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-118371Oct 28, 2026 · LibreSSL through 4.4.0 CRLF Injection via OCSP_sendreq_new() Request Line25Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-118373Oct 28, 2026 · LibreSSL ocspcheck through 4.4.0 Cleartext Transmission of OCSP Requests via url2host()25Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Aziz Elbelaychy (Ostorlab)finder
- Kenjiro Nakayamaremediation developer
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-1183710 days apartLibreSSL through 4.4.0 CRLF Injection via OCSP_sendreq_new() Request Line25Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-93 · Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/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-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- SSVC exploitation— → none
- Exploit maturity— → none
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References
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- github.com/libressl/portable
- github.com/openbsd/src/blob/17a8e44328ee2505d69723a126a390a526e50370/usr.sbin/ocspcheck/http.c#L344
- github.com/openbsd/src/blob/17a8e44328ee2505d69723a126a390a526e50370/usr.sbin/ocspcheck/ocspcheck.c#L154
- github.com/openbsd/src/commit/3adb7688a5bcfb675fa6d8b10e242022d620a23d
- github.com/openbsd/src/commit/6efdc4cce3fac9fa7208a9452f84de34c5a68e9f
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libressl-ocspcheck-through-4.4.0-crlf-injection-via-aia-ocsp-url-path
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.