# CVE-2026-17573

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-17573
- **Severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS Score:** 4 (CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U)
- **CWE:** CWE-415
- **Published:** Jul 27, 2026
- **Last Modified:** Jul 27, 2026

## Description

A double free vulnerability was discovered in the HDF5 library. Processing a crafted HDF5 file containing an oversized chunk size field via h5repack may cause the application to abort due to a double free.

## Affected Products

- The HDF Group — HDF5 (<= 2.1.1)

## References

- [CNA](https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/6124)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.12%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 2.4

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-11._