CVE-2026-29043

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 11.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-26.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-04-10 15:35Z6 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-04-14 14:50Z6 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-03-03

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

ca27dc3c3cd9d999e0c35c2dd6619ab8bc93e192987aa176ac63580a48e802a7

• github.comhttps://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/security/advisories/GHSA-qm2m-5g5w-2277x_refsource_CONFIRM