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CVE-2025-71450VulnerabilityPublished

inih before r63 contains a one-byte stack buffer under-read in ini_parse_stream() in ini.c that allows attackers to

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-71450· Medium 4.8

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.8 Medium : upgrade to r63 when convenient.

Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 16:58 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
4.8Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 4.04.8
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 3.13.3
Patch
Available – fixed in r63
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 2 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade inih to r63.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
benhoytinihAffected
  • <r63
Fixed in
  • r63
GitHubinihpkg:github/inihOther threatsAffected
  • <r63
Fixed in
  • r63

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AI-suggested

Until then, avoid processing untrusted INI files or strings that may contain overlong lines with embedded NUL bytes.

Description

A vulnerability in inih before revision 63 allows a one-byte stack buffer under-read in the ini_parse_stream() function. This occurs when an attacker supplies an INI file or string containing a line of at least INI_MAX_LINE-1 bytes followed by an embedded NUL byte, leading to reading memory out-of-bounds. The issue causes undefined behavior detected by memory sanitizers but does not impact confidentiality or integrity.

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