CVE-2026-5439
A memory exhaustion vulnerability exists in ZIP archive processing. Orthanc automatically extracts ZIP archives uploaded to certain endpoints and trusts metadata fields describing the uncompressed size of archived files. An attacker can craft a small ZIP archive containing a forged size value, causing the server to allocate extremely large buffers during extraction.
Published:Apr 9, 2026
Last Modified:Apr 17, 2026
EPS:Apr 9, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00055
CVSS Score:7.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Orthanc
Product
Dicom Server
Orthanc
Dicom Server
Vendor
Orthanc-server
Product
Orthanc
Orthanc-server
Orthanc
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
