A flaw was found in libucl. A remote attacker could exploit this by providing a specially crafted Universal Configuration Language (UCL) input that contains a key with an embedded null byte. This can cause a segmentation fault (SEGV fault) in the `ucl_object_emit` function when parsing and emitting the object, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0708 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2427770 | Third Party Advisory Issue Tracking |
| https://github.com/vstakhov/libucl/issues/323 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory Exploit |
| https://github.com/vstakhov/libucl/issues/323 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory Exploit |
Configurations
History
11 May 2026, 17:14
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Vstakhov
Vstakhov libucl |
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| References | () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0708 - Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2427770 - Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking | |
| References | () https://github.com/vstakhov/libucl/issues/323 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory, Exploit | |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:vstakhov:libucl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
17 Mar 2026, 14:20
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| References | () https://github.com/vstakhov/libucl/issues/323 - |
17 Mar 2026, 04:16
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-03-17 04:16
Updated : 2026-05-11 17:14
NVD link : CVE-2026-0708
Mitre link : CVE-2026-0708
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-0708
JSON object : View
Products Affected
vstakhov
- libucl
CWE
CWE-125
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