Microsoft advisory for CVE-2026-41988
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📋 Microsoft's advisory
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🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2026-41988
- EchelonGraph score
- 2.5 LOW
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Fix status
- A fix is available — apply it.
Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority
uuid before 14.0.0 can make unexpected writes when external output buffers are used, and the UUID version is 3, 5, or 6. In particular, UUID version 4, which is very commonly used, is unaffected by this issue.
Published by MITRE Corporation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2026-41988, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).