UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118590

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-118590
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118590.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118590
Upstream
Published
2026-10-29T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-10-29T20:03:06Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 6.9 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A security vulnerability has been detected in nipy nibabel up to 5.4.2. The affected element is the function array_from_file of the file nibabel/volumeutils.py of the component Header Handler. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled memory allocation. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
nibabel

Package

Name
nibabel
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nibabel?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.0.1-1
2.0.1-2ubuntu1
2.0.1-3
2.0.2-1
2.0.2-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python-nibabel",
            "binary_version":  "2.0.2-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-nibabel",
            "binary_version":  "2.0.2-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118590.json"
nipy

Package

Name
nipy
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nipy?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.3.0+git262-gbb838d7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python-nipy",
            "binary_version":  "0.3.0+git262-gbb838d7-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "python-nipy-lib",
            "binary_version":  "0.3.0+git262-gbb838d7-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118590.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
nibabel

Package

Name
nibabel
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nibabel?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.1.0-1
2.2.0+git11-g2139ce0d-1
2.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python-nibabel",
            "binary_version":  "2.2.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-nibabel",
            "binary_version":  "2.2.1-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118590.json"
nipy

Package

Name
nipy
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nipy?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.4.1-2
0.4.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python-nipy",
            "binary_version":  "0.4.2-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "python-nipy-lib",
            "binary_version":  "0.4.2-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118590.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
nibabel

Package

Name
nibabel
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nibabel?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.5.0-1
2.5.1-1
2.5.1-2
2.5.1-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-nibabel",
            "binary_version":  "2.5.1-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118590.json"
nipy

Package

Name
nipy
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nipy?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.4.2-2
0.4.2-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-nipy",
            "binary_version":  "0.4.2-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-nipy-lib",
            "binary_version":  "0.4.2-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118590.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
nibabel

Package

Name
nibabel
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nibabel?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.2.1-2
3.2.1-3
3.2.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-nibabel",
            "binary_version":  "3.2.2-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118590.json"
nipy

Package

Name
nipy
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nipy?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.4.3~rc1-1
0.5.0-2
0.5.0-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-nipy",
            "binary_version":  "0.5.0-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-nipy-lib",
            "binary_version":  "0.5.0-2build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118590.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
nibabel

Package

Name
nibabel
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nibabel?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.1.0-1
5.2.0-1
5.2.0-2
5.2.0-3
5.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-nibabel",
            "binary_version":  "5.2.1-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118590.json"
nipy

Package

Name
nipy
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nipy?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.5.0-8
0.5.0-8build1
0.6.0-1
0.6.0-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-nipy",
            "binary_version":  "0.6.0-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-nipy-lib",
            "binary_version":  "0.6.0-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118590.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
nibabel

Package

Name
nibabel
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nibabel?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.3.2-2
5.3.2-3ubuntu1
5.3.2-4
5.3.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-nibabel",
            "binary_version":  "5.3.3-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118590.json"
nipy

Package

Name
nipy
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nipy?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.1-1build3
0.6.1-3
0.6.1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-nipy",
            "binary_version":  "0.6.1-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-nipy-lib",
            "binary_version":  "0.6.1-4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118590.json"
Ubuntu:26.10
nibabel

Package

Name
nibabel
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nibabel?arch=source&distro=stonking

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.3.3-1
5.4.2-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-nibabel",
            "binary_version":  "5.4.2-4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118590.json"
nipy

Package

Name
nipy
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nipy?arch=source&distro=stonking

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.1-4
0.6.1-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-nipy",
            "binary_version":  "0.6.1-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-nipy-lib",
            "binary_version":  "0.6.1-5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118590.json"