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CVE-2026-44031: DCMTK 3.7.0

CVE-2026-44031. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.5 (HIGH, Source advisory).

Affected technology

DCMTK · 3.7.0
OFFIS

Component: dcmdata, dcmnet
File: dcmdata/libsrc/dcsequen.cc, dcmdata/libsrc/dcitem.cc

Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 4.0): Network (remote) · No privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

A remote, unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion and process crash) via a DICOM dataset containing deeply nested sequences (SQ elements). Source advisory’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 8.7/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as high.

Published 2026-10-08 17:34:54.624436+00:00

CWE: CWE-674
CCR priority: 30.0 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · Source advisory
KEV: no

Provenance

GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-08 18:27:24.781324+00:00 UTC
NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-08 17:32:11.049884+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-44031.html