CVE-2026-19024

High

Description

NULL pointer dereference in H5Pget_fill_value in HDF5 before 2.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a dataset whose version 1 or 2 fill value message has the "defined" flag set together with a negative size field, which is not normalized to the library's "undefined" sentinel and reaches H5T_path_find with a NULL datatype.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.2
Exploit probability—
ProductHDF5
PublishedAug 5, 2026
First seenAug 5, 2026

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
The HDF Group HDF5<= 2.3.0—

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