{"id":"CVE-2026-44033","revision":"f0cfb60ef278477cb486b492751611f9","records":[{"revision":"f0cfb60ef278477cb486b492751611f9","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-44033","aliases":[],"title":"Uncontrolled recursion in the DCMTK bundled XML parser allows denial of service","description":"Uncontrolled recursion in XMLNode::ParseXMLElement() and XMLNode::emptyTheNode() in the bundled XML parser (ofstd/libsrc/ofxml.cc) of OFFIS DCMTK 3.7.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion and process crash) via a crafted XML document with deeply nested elements. The parser is reachable through dcmencap when encapsulating a CDA document, and through any application that calls OFXMLParser::parseFile() or OFXMLParser::parseString() on untrusted input. The issue is fixed in commit d12e350e687530eb41e2b0c860aff4d8c04e5941.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-10-08T12:55:08.231+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-08T14:10:14.331+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk","name":"DCMTK","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"vendor\": \"OFFIS\",\n                    \"product\": \"DCMTK\",\n                    \"collectionURL\": \"https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk\",\n                    \"modules\": [\n                        \"ofstd\"\n                    ],\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"ofstd/libsrc/ofxml.cc\"\n                    ],\n                    \"cpes\": [\n                        \"cpe:2.3:a:offis:dcmtk:3.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\"\n                    ],\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unknown\",\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"3.7.0\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[{"system":"CVSS 4.0","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM"},{"system":"CVSS 3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM"}],"references":["https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1214","https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/d12e350e687530eb41e2b0c860aff4d8c04e5941"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44033","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2026-44033","identifiers":["CVE-2026-44033"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}