CVE•Published 2026-06-25•Modified 2026-09-23•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-22879
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
41
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 59% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the vtkDICOMItem::FindDataElementOrInsert functionality of vtk-dicom (version(s): 9.5.2). A specially crafted DICOM file can lead to heap-based memory corruption. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
Timeline
Published 2026-06-25
Modified 2026-09-23
External references
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Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-22879Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-22879Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
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CVE-2026-22879Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
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Google dork
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