CVE-2026-118590
mediumA security vulnerability has been detected in nipy nibabel up to 5.4.2.
A security vulnerability has been detected in nipy nibabel up to 5.4.2. The affected element is the function array_from_file of the file nibabel/volumeutils.py of the component Header Handler. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled memory allocation. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.
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 01:17
Modified: 2026-10-29 01:17
NVD status: Received
Last synced 7 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-29 01:32 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/nipy/nibabel/ cna@vuldb.com
- https://github.com/nipy/nibabel/issues/1566 cna@vuldb.com
- https://github.com/nipy/nibabel/pull/1587 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-118590 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/submit/1026208 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/428028 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/428028/cti cna@vuldb.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-29 01:32 UTC · record ↗