HIGHCVE-2026-5438Published Modified CNA certcc
CVE-2026-5438: Gzip Decompression Bomb via Content-Encoding Header
A gzip decompression bomb vulnerability exists when Orthanc processes HTTP request with `Content-Encoding: gzip`. The server does not enforce limits on decompressed size and allocates memory based on attacker-controlled compression metadata. A specially crafted gzip payload can trigger excessive memory allocation and exhaust system memory.
Metrics
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.5
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
- —
- Affected Products
- 1
Affected packages
- Orthanc / DICOM Server≤ 1.12.10
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H