The qrscp application's C-STORE handler uses a specific instance from attacker-supplied DICOM datasets directly in os.path.join() without sanitization, allowing file writes to arbitrary paths.

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The maintainer of pynetdicom has not responded to requests to work with CISA to mitigate this vulnerability. For update information, refer to the github page [https://github.com/pydicom/pynetdicom](https://github.com/pydicom/pynetdicom).

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Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description The qrscp application's C-STORE handler uses a specific instance from attacker-supplied DICOM datasets directly in os.path.join() without sanitization, allowing file writes to arbitrary paths.
Title pydicom pynetdicom Library Path Traversal
Weaknesses CWE-22
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

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Updated: 2026-06-25T20:46:44.045Z

Reserved: 2026-06-22T15:47:37.774Z

Link: CVE-2026-56445

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Updated: 2026-06-25T23:30:16Z

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