CVE-2026-8824

HIGH 7.5CVE-2026-8824 · Published 29/10/2026 · updated 30/10/2026

In short

CVE-2026-8824 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.31%, higher than 23.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
—	No affected product versions are listed for this vulnerability yet.

Description

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the vtkBMPReader ExecuteDataWithInformation functionality of vtk (version(s): 9.6.1). A specially crafted .bmp file can lead to a buffer overflow. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

References

talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2422
vtk.org/download

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