CVE-2026-40025

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.

Weakness classification

• CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references

• disclosure@vulncheck.com — Patch
• disclosure@vulncheck.com — Issue Tracking
• disclosure@vulncheck.com — Third Party Advisory
• disclosure@vulncheck.com — Third Party Advisory