| Name | CVE-2026-41907 |
| Description | uuid is for the creation of RFC9562 (formerly RFC4122) UUIDs. Prior to 14.0.0, v3, v5, and v6 accept external output buffers but do not reject out-of-range writes (small buf or large offset). This allows silent partial writes into caller-provided buffers. This vulnerability is fixed in 14.0.0. |
| 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) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| node-uuid (PTS) | bullseye | 8.3.2+~8.3.0-4 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 8.3.2+~8.3.3-3 | vulnerable | |
| trixie | 8.3.2+~8.3.4-1 | vulnerable | |
| forky, sid | 14.0.0+~11.0.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| node-uuid | source | (unstable) | 14.0.0+~11.0.0-1 |
[trixie] - node-uuid <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - node-uuid <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - node-uuid <postponed> (Minor issue; can be fixed in next update)
https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/security/advisories/GHSA-w5hq-g745-h8pq
Fixed by: https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/commit/3d2c5b0342f0fcb52a5ac681c3d47c13e7444b34 (v14.0.0)
Duplicate with CVE-2026-41988 (CNA contacted)