High 7.5Published Jun 30, 2026

CVE-2026-50254OFFIS DCMTK Toolkit Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 8:20 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

An unauthenticated remote attacker can repeatedly send a single crafted connection request to leak memory. Against storescp in its default single-process mode, memory grows quickly and the service is eventually killed, after which it stops accepting connections until an operator restarts it.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-401
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: icscert
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jul 1, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

OFFIS DICOM DCMTK Toolkit offis_dicom:dcmtk_toolkit (from the name)	through 3.7.0	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/releases/tag/latest
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-26-181-01
https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsma-26-181-01.json

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