CVE-2026-44036 Affecting dcmtk package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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- published9 Oct 2026
- disclosed8 Oct 2026
Introduced: 8 Oct 2026
NewCVE-2026-44036 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Echo:latest dcmtk.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dcmtk package and not the dcmtk package as distributed by Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
Uncontrolled mutual recursion between DcmXMLParseHelper::parseDataSet() and DcmXMLParseHelper::parseSequence() in the XML-to-DICOM converter (dcmdata/libdcxml/xml2dcm.cc) of OFFIS DCMTK 3.7.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion and process crash) via a crafted XML file with deeply nested sequence and item elements. The xml2dcm tool and any service that converts untrusted XML to DICOM with this code are affected. The issue is fixed in commit 87f256d73e30656a822bf7d76d1cf1d9bb693954.