CVE-2026-48705
Published:October 27, 2026
Updated:October 28, 2026
An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash a running MONAILabel server or silently corrupt its medical AI inference results by uploading a single crafted DICOM file (~132 KB) via the REST API. The vulnerability stems from pydicom's lack of validation for Decimal String (DS) and Integer String (IS) DICOM Value Representations, which allows NaN and infinity values to pass through MONAI's PydicomReader and propagate through the entire spatial transform and ML inference pipeline. No authentication is required for the default MONAILabel REST API. The attacker needs only network access to the server (default port 8000). Severity: CVSS 3.1: 8.7 HIGH CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L CWE: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) → CWE-682 (Incorrect Calculation)
Affected Packages
https://github.com/Project-MONAI/MONAI.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0rc1 <1.6.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.6.1monai (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0 <1.6.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.6.1Related Resources (4)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
9.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
LOW
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Input Validation