| Name | CVE-2026-22879 |
| Description | vtk vtk-dicom vtkDICOMItem::NewDataElement heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1142344 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vtk-dicom (PTS) | bullseye | 0.8.12-4 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 0.8.14-3.1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 0.8.17-1 | vulnerable |
| forky | 0.8.17-2 | vulnerable |
| sid | 0.8.17-3 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vtk-dicom | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1142344 |
Notes
[trixie] - vtk-dicom <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2366
https://github.com/dgobbi/vtk-dicom/pull/253