CVE-2026-118589
mediumA weakness has been identified in nschloe meshio up to 5.3.5.
A weakness has been identified in nschloe meshio up to 5.3.5. Impacted is an unknown function of the file meshio/_vtk_42.py of the component VTK Reader. Executing a manipulation of the argument DIMENSIONS can lead to uncontrolled memory allocation. The attack can be executed remotely. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
CVSS
5.3
5.3 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (cna@vuldb.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-29 00:17
Modified: 2026-10-29 00:17
NVD status: Received
Last synced 8 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-29 00:31 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://github.com/nschloe/meshio/ cna@vuldb.com
- https://github.com/nschloe/meshio/issues/1576 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-118589 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/submit/1026207 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/428027 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/428027/cti cna@vuldb.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-29 00:31 UTC · record ↗