CVE-2026-19026: The Hdf Group HDF5

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

H5Z__filter_nbit in H5Znbit.c in HDF5 prior to 2.3.0 dereferences cd_values[0] through cd_values[4] without validating that cd_values is non-NULL or that cd_nelmts is at least 5, the fixed size of the filter's header. This allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file that stores the N-Bit filter pipeline message with zero client-data values, opened and read via H5Dread, e.g. by the h5ls or h5repack tools.

Affected products

• The Hdf Group HDF5: up to and including 2.3.0

Published 2026-08-05. Last modified 2026-10-06.