#1133074 sleuthkit: CVE-2026-40025

Package:
src:sleuthkit
Source:
src:sleuthkit
Submitter:
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Date:
2026-04-09 18:43:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1133074#5
Date:
2026-04-09 18:40:23 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for sleuthkit.

CVE-2026-40025[0]:
| The Sleuth Kit through 4.14.0 contains an out-of-bounds read
| vulnerability in the APFS filesystem keybag parser where the
| wrapped_key_parser class follows attacker-controlled length fields
| without bounds checking, causing heap reads past the allocated
| buffer. An attacker can craft a malicious APFS disk image that
| triggers information disclosure or crashes when processed by any
| Sleuth Kit tool that parses APFS volumes.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-40025
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40025
[1] https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/pull/3444
[2] https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/commit/8b9c9e7d493bd68624f3b1a3963edd45c3ff7611

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore