Unauthenticated access to widely deployed PACS/DICOM archives can expose PHI and corrupt imaging records, risking patient safety and hospital operations across healthcare providers.
CVE-2026-105279
Unauthenticated DICOM archive allows data exfiltration and forged imaging.
Is CVE-2026-105279 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-105279 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked.
How severe is CVE-2026-105279?
CVE-2026-105279 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.3. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-105279?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-105279, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-105279 affect?
CVE-2026-105279 affects PACS / DICOM archives, Vendor Neutral Archives (VNA), Radiology Information Systems (RIS) integrations, Medical imaging modalities. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-105279?
Restrict DICOM AE access, network-segment PACS, enforce AE-title/ACLs, apply vendor updates when available
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote unauthenticated attacker can enumerate/retrieve patient data and images (C-FIND/C-GET) and implant fabricated studies (C-STORE), risking PHI disclosure and clinical disruption.
Immediate action required
- affected5.35.1
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.