A security vulnerability has been detected in nipy nibabel up to 5.4.2. The affected element is the function array_from_file of the file nibabel/volumeutils.py of the component Header Handler. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled memory allocation. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.

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Attack Complexity Low

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Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

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Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

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nipy nibabel affected
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5.4.0 affected —
5.4.1 affected —
5.4.2 affected —

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https://github.com/nipy/nibabel/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/nipy/nibabel/issues/1566 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/nipy/nibabel/pull/1587 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-118590 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/1026208 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/428028 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/428028/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:45:00 +0000

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Description A security vulnerability has been detected in nipy nibabel up to 5.4.2. The affected element is the function array_from_file of the file nibabel/volumeutils.py of the component Header Handler. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled memory allocation. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.
Title nipy nibabel Header volumeutils.py array_from_file memory allocation
First Time appeared Nipy
Nipy nibabel
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-789
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nipy:nibabel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nipy
Nipy nibabel
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:ND/RL:ND/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-29T00:00:21.707Z

Reserved: 2026-10-28T16:19:42.890Z

Link: CVE-2026-118590

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-29T01:17:22.900

Modified: 2026-10-29T01:17:22.900

Link: CVE-2026-118590

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Updated: 2026-10-29T02:00:16Z

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