UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2704

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-2704

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2704.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2704

Upstream

CVE-2026-2704

Published

2026-02-19T07:17:00Z

Modified

2026-09-16T14:01:50Z

Severity

4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
2.1 (Low) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

A security vulnerability has been detected in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. The affected element is the function OpenBabel::transform3d::DescribeAsString of the file src/math/transform3d.cpp of the component CIF File Handler. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.2.0 is sufficient to fix this issue. The identifier of the patch is e23a224b8fd9d7c2a7cde9ef4ec6afb4c05aa08a. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

openbabel

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.3.2+dfsg-2.2

2.3.2+dfsg-2.2build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libchemistry-openbabel-perl",
            "binary_version": "2.3.2+dfsg-2.2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libopenbabel4v5",
            "binary_version": "2.3.2+dfsg-2.2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openbabel",
            "binary_version": "2.3.2+dfsg-2.2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openbabel-gui",
            "binary_version": "2.3.2+dfsg-2.2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-openbabel",
            "binary_version": "2.3.2+dfsg-2.2build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2704.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

openbabel

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.3.2+dfsg-3build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libchemistry-openbabel-perl",
            "binary_version": "2.3.2+dfsg-3build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libopenbabel4v5",
            "binary_version": "2.3.2+dfsg-3build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openbabel",
            "binary_version": "2.3.2+dfsg-3build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openbabel-gui",
            "binary_version": "2.3.2+dfsg-3build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-openbabel",
            "binary_version": "2.3.2+dfsg-3build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2704.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

openbabel

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.1+dfsg-3

2.4.1+dfsg-3build1

2.4.1+dfsg-5.1

2.4.1+dfsg-6

3.*

3.0.0+dfsg-3

3.0.0+dfsg-3ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libchemistry-openbabel-perl",
            "binary_version": "3.0.0+dfsg-3ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libopenbabel6",
            "binary_version": "3.0.0+dfsg-3ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openbabel",
            "binary_version": "3.0.0+dfsg-3ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openbabel-gui",
            "binary_version": "3.0.0+dfsg-3ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-openbabel",
            "binary_version": "3.0.0+dfsg-3ubuntu3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2704.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

openbabel

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.1.1+dfsg-6ubuntu1

3.1.1+dfsg-6ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libchemistry-openbabel-perl",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-6ubuntu5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libopenbabel7",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-6ubuntu5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openbabel",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-6ubuntu5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openbabel-gui",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-6ubuntu5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-openbabel",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-6ubuntu5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2704.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

openbabel

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.1.1+dfsg-9build2

3.1.1+dfsg-9ubuntu1

3.1.1+dfsg-9ubuntu2

3.1.1+dfsg-9ubuntu4

3.1.1+dfsg-9ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libchemistry-openbabel-perl",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-9ubuntu5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libopenbabel7",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-9ubuntu5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openbabel",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-9ubuntu5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openbabel-gui",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-9ubuntu5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-openbabel",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-9ubuntu5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2704.json"

Ubuntu:25.10

openbabel

Package

Name: openbabel
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/openbabel?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.1.1+dfsg-11ubuntu3

3.1.1+dfsg-11ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libchemistry-openbabel-perl",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-11ubuntu4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libopenbabel7",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-11ubuntu4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openbabel",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-11ubuntu4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openbabel-gui",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-11ubuntu4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-openbabel",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-11ubuntu4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2704.json"

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS

openbabel

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.1.1+dfsg-11ubuntu4

3.1.1+dfsg-11ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libchemistry-openbabel-perl",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-11ubuntu5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libopenbabel7",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-11ubuntu5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openbabel",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-11ubuntu5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openbabel-gui",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-11ubuntu5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-openbabel",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg-11ubuntu5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2704.json"