A flaw was found in libucl. A remote attacker could exploit this by providing a specially crafted Universal Configuration Language (UCL) input that contains a key with an embedded null byte. This can cause a segmentation fault (SEGV fault) in the `ucl_object_emit` function when parsing and emitting the object, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.
History

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Libucl
Libucl libucl
Vendors & Products Libucl
Libucl libucl

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Description A flaw was found in libucl. A remote attacker could exploit this by providing a specially crafted Universal Configuration Language (UCL) input that contains a key with an embedded null byte. This can cause a segmentation fault (SEGV fault) in the `ucl_object_emit` function when parsing and emitting the object, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.
Title Libucl: libucl: denial of service via embedded null byte in ucl input
Weaknesses CWE-125
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fedora

Published: 2026-03-17T02:28:08.429Z

Updated: 2026-03-17T13:26:47.057Z

Reserved: 2026-01-08T03:31:35.226Z

Link: CVE-2026-0708

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-17T13:26:35.337Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-17T04:16:07.750

Modified: 2026-03-17T14:20:01.670

Link: CVE-2026-0708

cve-icon Redhat

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