CVE-2026-40036

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.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• 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

0.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 43.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.7 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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 analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-08.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2026-04-08 21:35Z6 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-10-08 15:22Z21 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-04-08

Assigning CNA

VulnCheck

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.7)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-409Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)Base
• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

4526342e04e49741868b90cc174f228210fa7d67b0468bf1db80d22c22b4696d

• github.comGHSA Advisory GHSA-h5qv-qjv4-pc5mhttps://github.com/obsidianforensics/unfurl/security/advisories/GHSA-h5qv-qjv4-pc5mvendor-advisory
• github.comVulnCheck Advisory: dfir-unfurl - Denial of Service via Unbounded zlib Decompressionhttps://github.com/obsidianforensics/unfurl/releases/tag/v2026.04release-notespatch
• www.vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dfir-unfurl-denial-of-service-via-unbounded-zlib-decompressionthird-party-advisory