What is CVE-2026-8814?

CVE-2026-8814 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exifreader, classified under Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-05-19.

How severe is CVE-2026-8814?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Exifreader

CVE-2026-8814

Versions of the package exifreader before 4.39.0 are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) due to decompressing PNG zTXt metadata without enforcing a built-in maximum decompressed output size. When…

EPSS: 0.001 (17.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

N/a Exifreader — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-409 — Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-8814?: CVE-2026-8814 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exifreader, classified under Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-05-19.
How severe is CVE-2026-8814?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.