Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-108573 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-108573 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-108573?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.5, published 11 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Assimp up to 6.0.5.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-108573?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-108573 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-108573?
- Check whether you run Assimp at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
An out-of-bounds read exists in the IOStreamBuffer::getNextBlock function within the PLY file handler component. The vulnerability is triggered during parsing of a specially crafted PLY file, allowing an attacker with network access to read memory outside the allocated buffer. No authentication or user interaction is required beyond opening the malicious file.
Affected products
- Assimp Assimp up to 6.0.5
Timeline
- 2026-10-11: disclosed