CVE-2026-50254

NameCVE-2026-50254
DescriptionAn 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.
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)
Debian Bugs1141411

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
dcmtk (PTS)bullseye3.6.5-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)3.6.5-1+deb11u6vulnerable
bookworm3.6.7-9~deb12u4vulnerable
trixie3.6.9-5+deb13u2vulnerable
forky, sid3.7.0+really3.7.0-7fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
dcmtksource(unstable)3.7.0+really3.7.0-71141411

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

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