CVE-2026-41988 (GCVE-0-2026-41988)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-23 04:00 – Updated: 2026-04-23 16:22
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
3.2 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-670 - Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
uuidjs uuid Affected: 0 , < 14.0.0 (semver)
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