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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2026-26199 EUVD-2026-45970

Buffer underflow in `H5Iget_name `/`H5G_get_name` if size is zero

Published Jul 20, 2026 · Updated Jul 20, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

HDF5 is a high-performance library and a file format specification that implements the HDF5 data model. If `H5Iget_name` is invoked on a group id with `0` for the size parameter, it will underflow when trying to place a null terminator in the buffer. This can occur if `H5Iget_name` is invoked in a way where `size` can be forced to zero, and there is important data before the `name` buffer.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
HDFGroup hdf5 <= 1.14.6 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 hdf5 No fix yet —
Debian 13 hdf5 No fix yet —
Debian 12 hdf5 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 hdf5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS hdf5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS hdf5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS hdf5 No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS hdf5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS hdf5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS hdf5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS hdf5 No fix yet —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 hdf5 1.14.6-4 —

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