CVE-2026-41988

NameCVE-2026-41988
Descriptionuuid before 14.0.0 can make unexpected writes when external output buffers are used, and the UUID version is 3, 5, or 6. In particular, UUID version 4, which is very commonly used, is unaffected by this issue.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
node-uuid (PTS)bullseye8.3.2+~8.3.0-4vulnerable
bookworm8.3.2+~8.3.3-3vulnerable
trixie8.3.2+~8.3.4-1vulnerable
forky, sid14.0.0+~11.0.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
node-uuidsource(unstable)14.0.0+~11.0.0-1

Notes

[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)

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