CVE-2026-118590

nipy nibabel Header volumeutils.py array_from_file memory allocation

Assigner: VulDB
Reserved: 28.10.2026 Published: 29.10.2026 Updated: 29.10.2026

A security vulnerability has been detected in nipy nibabel up to 5.4.2. The affected element is the function array_from_file of the file nibabel/volumeutils.py of the component Header Handler. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled memory allocation. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
CVSS Score: 6.9

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	Low	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:C
CVSS Score: 5.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:C
CVSS Score: 5.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.0

CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:ND/RL:ND/RC:C
CVSS Score: 5

Access Vector	Network	Confidentiality Impact	None
Access Complexity	Low	Integrity Impact	None
Authentication	None	Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS 2.0

Product Status

Vendor	nipy
Product	nibabel
Versions	Version 5.4.0 is affected Version 5.4.1 is affected Version 5.4.2 is affected

Vendor

nipy

Product

nibabel

Versions

Version 5.4.0 is affected
Version 5.4.1 is affected
Version 5.4.2 is affected

Credits

Mohammedix88 (VulDB User) reporter
VulDB CNA Team coordinator

References

Problem Types