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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2026-44033 EUVD-2026-94936GHSA-g7gr-959v-68f6

Uncontrolled recursion in the DCMTK bundled XML parser allows denial of service

Published Oct 8, 2026 · Updated Oct 8, 2026 · Assigned by securin

Description

Uncontrolled recursion in XMLNode::ParseXMLElement() and XMLNode::emptyTheNode() in the bundled XML parser (ofstd/libsrc/ofxml.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 document with deeply nested elements. The parser is reachable through dcmencap when encapsulating a CDA document, and through any application that calls OFXMLParser::parseFile() or OFXMLParser::parseString() on untrusted input. The issue is fixed in commit d12e350e687530eb41e2b0c860aff4d8c04e5941.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OFFIS DCMTK 3.7.0 —

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 dcmtk No fix yet —
Debian 13 dcmtk No fix yet —
Debian 12 dcmtk No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 dcmtk No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS dcmtk No fix yet —
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS dcmtk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS dcmtk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS dcmtk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS dcmtk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS dcmtk No fix yet —

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