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CVE-2026-8822high7.5

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the vtkDEMReader ReadProfiles functionality of vtk (version(s): 9.6.1).

Impact

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in vtk 9.6.1, where a specially crafted USGS DEM can lead to a buffer overflow via the vtkDEMReader ReadProfiles functionality. An attacker can trigger this vulnerability by providing a malicious file. The impact is a buffer overflow.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

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vtk · talos

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affected

9.6.1

unaffected

unknown

Other versions: unaffected

Original source description

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

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CVE-2026-8822

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-787 ↗

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

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Contributing organizations · 2
talos

Assigning organization

2026-10-29
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-10-30

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  1. CVE · CVE-2026-8822

    Observed 2026-10-30T19:05:05.084Z · upstream updated 2026-10-30T17:21:50.704Z

    Prioritization updated

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  {
    "source": "CISA-ADP",
    "type": "SSVC",
    "role": "CISA Coordinator",
    "timestamp": "2026-10-30T17:21:38.231085Z",
    "decisions": [
      {
        "name": "Exploitation",
        "value": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "Automatable",
        "value": "yes"
      },
      {
        "name": "Technical Impact",
        "value": "partial"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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References

2 sources
talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2421
Security advisorytalos
vtk.org/download/
Source referencetalos