CVE-2026-18916

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.003 · 19 %ileDEUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.28% (19th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

Any remote client can crash a NSD serve child, by throttling the TCP receive window after a TCP query. By continuously crashing the serve childs, the remote client can denial all TCP service to this NSD instance.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 2.7–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v4.06.9mediumCVSS: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: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:Xsecondary · sep@nlnetlabs.nl

v4.02.7lowCVSS: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:U/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:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-191US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

OpenBSD OpenBSD 7.8all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:openbsd:openbsd:7.8
OpenBSD OpenBSD 7.9all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:openbsd:openbsd:7.9
nlnetlabs nsd3.2.11 → 4.15.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:nsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-3663OpenBSD: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-09-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in OpenBSD ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen und um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-08-26modified 2026-09-01

references (1) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/nsd/CVE-2026-18916.txt

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