CVE-2026-118590 (GCVE-0-2026-118590)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-29 00:00
Modified
2026-10-29 00:00
CWE
  • CWE-789 - Uncontrolled Memory Allocation
  • CWE-400 - Resource Consumption
Summary
A security vulnerability has been detected in nipy nibabel up to 5.4.2. The affected element is the function array_from_file of the file nibabel/volumeutils.py of the component Header Handler. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled memory allocation. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nipy nibabel Version: 5.4.0
Version: 5.4.1
Version: 5.4.2
    cpe:2.3:a:nipy:nibabel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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