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Low 2.5Published Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2026-41988uuid before 14.0.0 can make unexpected writes when external output buffers are used, and the UUID version is 3, 5, or 6.
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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.
- CVSS
- 2.5 LOW (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-670
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
uuidjs uuid uuidjs:uuid | before 11.1.1; 12.0.0; 13.0.0 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/commit/3d2c5b0342f0fcb52a5ac681c3d47c13e7444b34patch
- https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/security/advisories/GHSA-w5hq-g745-h8pqexploit, vendor-advisory
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