Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Uncrustify Project Affected…
Priority LOW 27CWE-120Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Uncrustify Project Affected v.Uncrustify_d-0.82.0-132-bcc41cbdc and Fixed in commit 68e67b9a1435a1bb173b106fedb4a4f510972bdc allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the check_template.cpp, check_template function, tokenize_cleanup function, uncrustify executable components
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00134 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-36189
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c5x6-jm2x-6vfp
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-36189 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-36189 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c5x6-jm2x-6vfp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-36189 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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