CVE-2026-19024: HDF5 H5Pget_fill_value NULL Pointer Dereference via Malformed Fill Value Message
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.18% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: azl3 hdf5 1.14.6-4 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 hdf5 1.14.6-6 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to azl3 hdf5 1.14.6-4 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 hdf5 1.14.6-6 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
NULL pointer dereference in H5Pget_fill_value in HDF5 before 2.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a dataset whose version 1 or 2 fill value message has the "defined" flag set together with a negative size field, which is not normalized to the library's "undefined" sentinel and reaches H5T_path_find with a NULL datatype.
- Published
- Aug 5, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 23, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 8th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-476
Report tools
Action score
32
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 32 / 40 · 8.2 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · HDFG
- 8.2
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (HDFG). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
The HDF Group HDF5
- <= 2.3.0affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | hdf5 | from 0 | — |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | hdf5 | before 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | hdf5-devel | before 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | hdf5-mpich | before 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | hdf5-mpich-devel | before 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | hdf5-mpich-static | before 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | hdf5-openmpi | before 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | hdf5-openmpi-devel | before 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | hdf5-openmpi-static | before 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | hdf5-static | before 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | java-hdf5 | before 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 |
Same product
the hdf group: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-106547HDF5 heap buffer overflow in H5VM_array_fill via crafted fill-value metadata34Monitor
- CVE-2026-19029HDF5 scale-offset filter heap buffer over-read via crafted chunk27Monitor
- CVE-2026-19028HDF5 integer underflow in Fletcher32 filter leads to massive out-of-bounds read27Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-19023Aug 5, 2026 · HDF5 h5dump Untrusted Pointer Dereference in Binary Output of Variable-Length String Datasets27Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-19025Aug 5, 2026 · HDF5 divide-by-zero (SIGFPE) via mismatched chunk-layout dimensionality and dataspace rank on dataset open27Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-19026Aug 5, 2026 · Nbit filter NULL/short parameter-array dereference27Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| azl3 hdf5 1.14.6-4 on Azure Linux 3.0 | Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| azl3 hdf5 1.14.6-6 on Azure Linux 3.0 | Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| red hat:hdf5 | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:hdf5-devel | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:hdf5-mpich | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:hdf5-mpich-devel | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:hdf5-mpich-static | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:hdf5-openmpi | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:hdf5-openmpi-devel | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:hdf5-openmpi-static | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:hdf5-static | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-hdf5 | 0:2.2.0-0.1.3.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-190260 days apartNbit filter NULL/short parameter-array dereference27Monitor
Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- P
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer DereferenceCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log (1)
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.