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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
sleuthkit sleuthkit unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 4.14.0
8b9c9e7d493bd68624f3b1a3963edd45c3ff7611 unaffected —

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https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/commit/8b9c9e7d493bd68624f3b1a3963edd45c3ff7611 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/pull/3444 cve-icon cve-icon
https://mobasi.ai/sentinel cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sleuth-kit-apfs-keybag-parser-out-of-bounds-read cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title Sleuth Kit APFS Keybag Parser Out-of-Bounds Read
Weaknesses CWE-125
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T21:35:21.537Z

Reserved: 2026-04-08T13:36:42.932Z

Link: CVE-2026-40025

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-08T22:16:22.603

Modified: 2026-04-08T22:16:22.603

Link: CVE-2026-40025

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