CVE-2026-57053
LOW
2.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 23, 2026 at 04:40 PM UTC
Updated: October 25, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibidn
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Severity
LOW2.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
GNU libidn before 1.44 is prone to out-of-bounds reads of uninitialized memory in the ToUnicode APIs because of mishandling in idna_to_unicode_internal. The affected code is not present in libidn2.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
ExploitMailing List
Source: cverecord
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2026-05/msg00000.htmlSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-1284
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