CVE-2026-31973

Summary

SAMtools is a program for reading, manipulating and writing bioinformatics file formats. Starting in version 1.17, in the cram-size command, used to write information about how well CRAM files are compressed, a check to see if the cram_decode_compression_header() was missing. If the function returned an error, this could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. Exploiting this bug causes a NULL pointer dereference. Typically this will cause the program to crash. Versions 1.23.1, 1.22.2 and 1.21.1 include fixes for this issue. There is no workaround for this issue.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
samtoolssamtools>= 1.17, < 1.21.1affected
samtoolssamtools>= 1.22, < 1.22.2affected
samtoolssamtools= 1.23affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-476: CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References