Description
t-digest versions 3.1 through 3.3 contain a denial of service vulnerability in MergingDigest.fromBytes that fails to validate length and capacity fields from serialized data. Attackers can supply crafted serialized digests with mismatched header fields to trigger ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException or NegativeArraySizeException, aborting the parsing thread.
Published: 2026-09-10
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Tdunning
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Vendors & Products Tdunning
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Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-125
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000

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Description t-digest versions 3.1 through 3.3 contain a denial of service vulnerability in MergingDigest.fromBytes that fails to validate length and capacity fields from serialized data. Attackers can supply crafted serialized digests with mismatched header fields to trigger ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException or NegativeArraySizeException, aborting the parsing thread.
Title t-digest 3.1 through 3.3 Denial of Service via Unvalidated Length Fields in MergingDigest.fromBytes
Weaknesses CWE-1284
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Tdunning T-digest
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-10T12:56:58.192Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T17:35:22.800Z

Link: CVE-2026-87962

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-10T12:56:52.524Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-10T11:17:07.763

Modified: 2026-09-10T15:53:23.707

Link: CVE-2026-87962

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-10T10:52:38Z

Links: CVE-2026-87962 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-11T07:30:09Z

Weaknesses