A flaw was found in libucl. A remote attacker could exploit this by providing a specially crafted Universal Configuration Language (UCL) input that contains a key with an embedded null byte. This can cause a segmentation fault (SEGV fault) in the `ucl_object_emit` function when parsing and emitting the object, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.
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To mitigate this issue, applications utilizing `libucl` should avoid processing untrusted input that contains keys with embedded null bytes, especially when operating in `UCL_PARSER_ZEROCOPY` mode. Restricting input to trusted sources can reduce exposure.

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Tue, 17 Mar 2026 03:30:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in libucl. A remote attacker could exploit this by providing a specially crafted Universal Configuration Language (UCL) input that contains a key with an embedded null byte. This can cause a segmentation fault (SEGV fault) in the `ucl_object_emit` function when parsing and emitting the object, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.
Title Libucl: libucl: denial of service via embedded null byte in ucl input
Weaknesses CWE-125
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fedora

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-17T02:44:16.527Z

Reserved: 2026-01-08T03:31:35.226Z

Link: CVE-2026-0708

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-17T04:16:07.750

Modified: 2026-03-17T04:16:07.750

Link: CVE-2026-0708

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