[NEW] [medium] OpenSSL: Vulnerability Enables Denial of Service

mediumCVE-2026-54876

A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in OpenSSL to conduct a denial of service attack.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: OpenSSL product: OpenSSL Denial of service

What: A vulnerability in OpenSSL allows remote anonymous attackers to trigger denial of service.
Who is affected: All systems running vulnerable OpenSSL versions.
Urgency: Medium severity denial of service; patch when convenient but not critical.
Action: Update OpenSSL to the patched version.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-08-06
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2668

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-548760.26% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 18% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2026-54876	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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