CVE-2026-41216

HIGH 7.5

CVSS Score

7.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

An invalid pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the vtkPNGReader::ExecuteInformation functionality of vtk 9.6. A specially crafted .png file can lead to a denial of service. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

CWE	CWE-825
Vendor	vtk
Product	vtk
Published	Oct 29, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Affected Versions

vtk / vtk

9.6

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

talosintelligence.com: https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2412 vtk.org: https://vtk.org/download/

Credits

Discovered by Emmanuel Tacheau of Cisco Talos