sleuthkit The Sleuth Kit up to 4.14.0 APFS File Parser wrapped_key_parser out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in sleuthkit The Sleuth Kit up to 4.14.0. This vulnerability affects the function wrapped_key_parser of the component APFS File Parser. Performing a manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-40025. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in sleuthkit The Sleuth Kit up to 4.14.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function wrapped_key_parser of the component APFS File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was shared with Mobasi Security Team. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-40025 since 04/08/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 305797 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-40025), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying the patch 8b9c9e7d493bd68624f3b1a3963edd45c3ff7611 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (305797). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• sleuthkit

Name

• The Sleuth Kit

Version

• 4.0
• 4.1
• 4.2
• 4.3
• 4.4
• 4.5
• 4.6
• 4.7
• 4.8
• 4.9
• 4.10
• 4.11
• 4.12
• 4.13
• 4.14.0

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• open-source

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