CVE-2026-40025General(sleuthkit / the_sleuth_kit)

LOWCVSS 6.1 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

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.

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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Patch / fix

https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/commit/8b9c9e7d493bd68624f3b1a3963edd45c3ff7611

Vendor / third-party advisories

Other references

https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/pull/3444

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-125

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

the_sleuth_kit

Threat summary

1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

General: 1 classified signal
1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors

sleuthkit

Products

the_sleuth_kit

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d

Signal classification1 categories

General

1100.0%

Referenced assets1 URL

By indicator

https://windowsforum.com/threads/cve-2026-40025-sleuth-kit-apfs-keybag-parser-out-of-bounds-read-risk.413493/?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news_node84

Full discourse1 post

WindowsForum@windowsforum176d
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🪟 Another CVE, another “crafted file slows your security tools” moment. It’s not total DoS—just enough chaos to make investigations feel like loading screens. #WindowsSecurity https://windowsforum.com/threads/cve-2026-40025-sleuth-kit-apfs-keybag-parser-out-of-bounds-read-risk.413493/?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news_node84 #SleuthKit #Cve202640025 #ApfsKeybag #SecurityAvailability https://t.co/No90cltZCs
Post summary
The tweet references a new CVE and mentions a crafted file that slows security tools, but offers no technical, exploit, or mitigation details.
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CPE platform detail1 entries

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Part	Vendor	Product	Version	Target SW	Target HW
App	sleuthkit	the_sleuth_kit	-	-	-

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