Vulnerability in OpenSSL (August 14, 2026)

A vulnerability has been discovered in OpenSSL. It allows an attacker to cause remote denial of service.

CSIRTS triage

What: A vulnerability in OpenSSL allows remote denial of service attacks.
Who is affected: Systems using affected versions of OpenSSL.
Urgency: Medium; denial of service impact is significant but less critical than code execution.
Action: Update OpenSSL to the patched version addressing CVE-2026-14456.

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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-2026-144560.61% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 47% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2026-14456	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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