Low severity3.2NVD Advisory· Published Apr 23, 2026· Updated Apr 24, 2026

CVE-2026-41988

Description

uuid before 14.0.0 can make unexpected writes when external output buffers are used, and the UUID version is 3, 5, or 6. In particular, UUID version 4, which is very commonly used, is unaffected by this issue.

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Affected products

Uuidjs/Uuidreferences

Patches

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References

github.com/uuidjs/uuid/commit/3d2c5b0342f0fcb52a5ac681c3d47c13e7444b34nvd
github.com/uuidjs/uuid/security/advisories/GHSA-w5hq-g745-h8pqnvd

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