Medium severity · published Mar 17, 2026
CVE-2026-0708
Libucl: libucl: denial of service via embedded null byte in ucl input
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in libucl. A remote attacker could exploit this by providing a specially crafted Universal Configuration Language (UCL) input that contains a key with an embedded null byte. This can cause a segmentation fault (SEGV fault) in the `ucl_object_emit` function when parsing and emitting the object, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
libucl · libucl
3e7f023e184e06f30fb5792dacd9dd0f8b692f1b · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0708
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0708
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0708
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2427770
Exploit
https://github.com/vstakhov/libucl/issues/323
