Medium severity · published Oct 6, 2026
CVE-2026-19029
HDF5 scale-offset filter heap buffer over-read via crafted chunk
6.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A heap-based buffer over-read in H5Z__filter_scaleoffset() in src/H5Zscaleoffset.c in HDF5 through 2.2.0 lets an attacker cause a denial of service (application crash) with a crafted HDF5 file. When the stored minimum bits equal the full precision of the datatype, the decoder copies d_nelmts * size bytes from the compressed chunk without checking that the chunk holds that many bytes. Both values come from attacker-controlled scale-offset filter parameters in the dataset's filter pipeline message.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HD
HDF5 · The HDF Group
< 2.2.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-19029
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-19029
github.com
https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/pull/6718
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