High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 29, 2026

CVE-2026-8822

Description

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the vtkDEMReader ReadProfiles functionality of vtk (version(s): 9.6.1). A specially crafted USGS DEM can lead to a buffer overflow. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

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References

talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2421nvd
vtk.org/download/nvd

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