Critical 9.1HealthcarePublished Oct 16, 2026

CVE-2026-97851J4Care dcm4che Missing Authorization

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 5:30 AM ET)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, higher than 28% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

The storage status-change REST service allows location records still associated with DICOM instances to be changed to deletion-related states. Changing a location to TO_DELETE causes PurgeStorageScheduler to delete the referenced object from storage even though the corresponding instance record remains in the database.

CVSS: 9.1 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-862
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.35% (percentile 28)
Assigned by: icscert
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Oct 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 16, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

J4Care dcm4chee-arc-light j4care:dcm4chee_arc_light (from the name)	5.35.1; 5.35.2 not affected	CNA record

References

References

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-26-288-02
https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsma-26-288-02.json

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