CVE-2026-41988: uuid 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.
Overview
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 3.2)
- CVSS Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Exploit Status
- Not Exploited
- Patch Tuesday
- 2026-Apr
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Last Updated
- 2026-04-30
- EPSS Score
- 0.18% (percentile: 7.9%)
Affected Products (1)
Open Source Software
- azl3 uuid 1.6.2-51 on Azure Linux 3.0
Revision History
- 2026-04-24: Information published.
- 2026-04-24: Information published.
- 2026-04-30: Information published.