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Medium · CVSS 6.8CVE-2026-44036

Uncontrolled recursion in DCMTK xml2dcm allows denial of serviceCVE-2026-44036

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-44036 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in Uncontrolled recursion in DCMTK xml2dcm allows denial of service. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps OFFIS/DCMTK (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.

Published Oct 8, 2026Updated Oct 8, 2026Source checked Oct 8, 2026First seen by HOL Oct 8, 2026Material review Oct 8, 2026
Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk
Medium · CVSS 6.8
Exploitation
Not marked as known exploited
Affected software
1 mapped package or product
Fix availability
Not reported

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 6.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps OFFIS/DCMTK (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
PackageAffected rangeFixed version
OFFIS/DCMTKgeneric3.7.0Not reported

Recommended response

  1. 1Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for OFFIS/DCMTK.
  2. 2Review the reported fix. Source-reported solution: Update to a DCMTK version that contains commit 87f256d73e30656a822bf7d76d1cf1d9bb693954. As of the publication date, no tagged release after DCMTK 3.7.0 includes this fix, so apply the commit or build from the current master branch.

Evidence timeline and material changes

  1. Published upstream

    Oct 8, 2026

    Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record

  2. Source modified

    Oct 8, 2026

    Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record

  3. First seen by HOL

    Oct 8, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

  • GitHub security advisorygithub.com
  • Source referencesupport.dcmtk.org
Upstream source description

Uncontrolled mutual recursion between DcmXMLParseHelper::parseDataSet() and DcmXMLParseHelper::parseSequence() in the XML-to-DICOM converter (dcmdata/libdcxml/xml2dcm.cc) of OFFIS DCMTK 3.7.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion and process crash) via a crafted XML file with deeply nested sequence and item elements. The xml2dcm tool and any service that converts untrusted XML to DICOM with this code are affected. The issue is fixed in commit 87f256d73e30656a822bf7d76d1cf1d9bb693954.

Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.

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Record context

Vulnerability class
Vulnerability
EPSS
Not reported
CWE IDs
CWE-674
Source
CVE List V5
Source checked
Oct 8, 2026
References
2 linked sources
Open source record