{"id":"CVE-2026-41988","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-41988","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:42:47.314Z","title":"uuid before 14.0.0 can make unexpected writes when external output buffers are used, and the UUID version is 3, 5, or 6.","description":"uuid before 14.0.0 can make unexpected writes when external output buffers are used, and the UUID version is 3, 5, or 6. In particular, UUID version 4, which is very commonly used, is unaffected by this issue.","published":"2026-04-23T05:16:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-26T21:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":2.5,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-670"],"affected":["uuidjs/uuid"],"epss":{"score":0.00181,"percentile":0.07629,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/commit/3d2c5b0342f0fcb52a5ac681c3d47c13e7444b34","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/security/advisories/GHSA-w5hq-g745-h8pq","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/security/advisories/GHSA-w5hq-g745-h8pq","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41988","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}