| Name | CVE-2026-50254 |
| Description | An unauthenticated remote attacker can repeatedly send a single crafted connection request to leak memory. Against storescp in its default single-process mode, memory grows quickly and the service is eventually killed, after which it stops accepting connections until an operator restarts it. |
| 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 | 1141411 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| dcmtk (PTS) | bullseye | 3.6.5-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 3.6.5-1+deb11u6 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 3.6.7-9~deb12u4 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 3.6.9-5+deb13u2 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 3.7.0+really3.7.0-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| dcmtk | source | (unstable) | 3.7.0+really3.7.0-7 | | | 1141411 |
Notes
[trixie] - dcmtk <no-dsa> (Minor issue; exposing first in unstable, then via proposed-updates)
[bookworm] - dcmtk <postponed> (Minor issue; follow SPU)
[bullseye] - dcmtk <postponed> (Minor issue; follow SPU)
Fixed by: https://git.dcmtk.org/?p=dcmtk.git;a=commit;h=23f181f7a3cb8334056f751a3a0c2ddf01046752