🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-57053

MEDIUM 4.0
CVSS Score
4.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

GNU libidn before 1.44 is prone to out-of-bounds reads of uninitialized memory in the ToUnicode APIs because of mishandling in idna_to_unicode_internal. The affected code is not present in libidn2.

CWE CWE-1284
Vendor gnu
Product libidn
Published Jun 23, 2026
Last Updated Jun 23, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Affected Versions

GNU / libidn
0 < 1.44

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
lists.gnu.org: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2026-06/msg00001.html lists.gnu.org: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2026-05/msg00000.html