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CVE-2026-17573

A double free vulnerability was discovered in the HDF5 library.

MEDIUM 4.0EPSS 0.12%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A double free vulnerability was discovered in the HDF5 library. Processing a crafted HDF5 file containing an oversized chunk size field via h5repack may cause the application to abort due to a double free.

CVSS 4.0
4.0 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.12% probability · 2th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-415
Affected
hdfgroup/hdf5
Source
0253b833-3e77-4dfe-9d57-17db1a2f0a74

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.