CVE-2026-22879

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-26. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

vtk vtk-dicom vtkDICOMItem::NewDataElement heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(high)
EPSS
23.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 25, 2026

Last Modified

June 26, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 25, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

TALOS-2026-2366 || Cisco Talos Intelligence Group - Comprehensive Threat Intelligence

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2366

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-22879(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 37× in last 7d / 61× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-06 19:50 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-06 19:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-06 07:27 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-06 07:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-05 19:04 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-05 19:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-05 06:42 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-05 06:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-04 18:16 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-04 18:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-04 05:51 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-07-04 05:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-03 17:26 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-07-03 17:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-03 05:04 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-07-03 05:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-02 16:41 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-07-02 16:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-02 04:18 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-02 04:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-01 15:56 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-01 15:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-01 03:34 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-01 03:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-30 15:12 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-06-30 15:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-06-30 02:50 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-06-30 02:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-06-29 14:27 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-06-29 14:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-29 02:05 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-06-29 02:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-06-28 13:43 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-06-28 13:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-06-28 01:21 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-06-28 01:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-06-27 12:59 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-06-27 12:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-06-27 00:37 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-06-27 00:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-06-26 12:14 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-06-26 12:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-06-25 23:51 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-06-25 23:50 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-22879?
CVE-2026-22879 is a high vulnerability published on June 25, 2026. vtk vtk-dicom vtkDICOMItem::NewDataElement heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability
When was CVE-2026-22879 disclosed?
CVE-2026-22879 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 25, 2026, with the most recent update on June 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-22879 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-22879 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 23.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-22879?
CVE-2026-22879 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-22879?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-22879, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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