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1 vulnerability by libucl

CVE-2026-0708 (GCVE-0-2026-0708)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-17 02:28 – Updated: 2026-03-17 02:44
VLAI?
Title
Libucl: libucl: denial of service via embedded null byte in ucl input
Summary
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.
Severity ?
8.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libucl libucl Affected: 3e7f023e184e06f30fb5792dacd9dd0f8b692f1b (git)
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Date Public ?
2025-05-15 00:00
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