CVE-2026-118589

medium

Description

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.

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/428027/cti

https://vuldb.com/vuln/428027

https://vuldb.com/submit/1026207

https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-118589

https://github.com/nschloe/meshio/issues/1576

https://github.com/nschloe/meshio/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-112559

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-29

Updated: 2026-10-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00405