AEGLIX vulnerability intelligence
CVE-2026-116729
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.8 · Deferred
Published: 2026-10-26 · Updated: 2026-10-27 · Source: NVD
Stored catalog record
Source record retrieved 2026-10-28T10:27:39.394651+00:00. Scheduled imports handle updates; this page does not assert that the provider was queried just now.
Vulnerability overview
libfvde through 20260923 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libfvde_encrypted_metadata_read_type_0x001a() caused by an unbounded strlen on embedded XML plist data. Attackers can supply a crafted FileVault 2 volume with non-NUL-terminated plist data, causing libfvde_volume_open() to read past the heap block buffer.
Patch review priority
Assess exposure and vendor guidance
- No higher-priority signal is available in the current stored evidence.
FIRST EPSS: 0.13% · percentile 2.8 · score date 2026-10-27.
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Severity and scoring
- CVSS score
- 4.8 · MEDIUM
- CVSS version
- 4.0
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/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
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
CVSS measures technical severity; it does not establish whether this vulnerability is being exploited in your environment.
Known exploitation and remediation
Not listed in the CISA catalog retrieved for this record. This does not establish that exploitation has not occurred.
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Affected products and versions
NVD has not supplied affected-version configurations for this record. Check the vendor references below.
Advisories and references
- https://github.com/libyal/libfvde
- https://github.com/libyal/libfvde/blob/20260923/libfvde/libfvde_encrypted_metadata.c#L2786-L2792
- https://github.com/libyal/libfvde/commit/c2676fe49d0da44d66e7d750e72c57d2670f0b8f
- https://github.com/libyal/libfvde/issues/70
- https://hackmd.io/@haindpwn/libfvde-encrypted-metadata-oob-read
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libfvde-through-20260923-heap-out-of-bounds-read-via-libfvde-encrypted-metadata-read-type-0x001a