Sleuth Kit ISO9660 SUSP Extension Reference Out-of-Bounds Read
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Sleuth Kit through 4.14.0 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the ISO9660 filesystem parser where the parse_susp() function trusts len_id, len_des, and len_src fields from the disk image to memcpy data into a stack buffer without verifying that the source data falls within the parsed SUSP block. An attacker can craft a malicious ISO image that causes reads past the end of the SUSP data buffer, and a zero-length SUSP entry can trigger an infinite parsing loop.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
sleuthkit — Mobasi Sentinel Vulnerability Index
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-28867 Sleuth Kit tsk_recover Path TraversalPriority LOW 36
- TI-2026-28868 Sleuth Kit APFS Keybag Parser Out-of-Bounds ReadPriority LOW 21
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40026
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3pvc-h22x-rq5v
References
More sleuthkit The Sleuth Kit vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-22514 OS Command injection vulnerability in sleuthkit fls tool 4.11.1 allows attackers to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-08244 In version 4.8.0 and earlier of The Sleuth Kit (TSK), there is a stack buffer overflow… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-10830 An issue was discovered in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.6.6. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-10829 An issue was discovered in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.6.6. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-08245 In version 4.8.0 and earlier of The Sleuth Kit (TSK), there is a heap-based buffer… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2018-08401 An issue was discovered in libtskbase.a in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) from release 4.0.2… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-40026 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-40026 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3pvc-h22x-rq5v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-40026 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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