About this tag
The pynetdicom vulnerability tag covers security reporting on a path traversal flaw in pydicom’s pynetdicom library. CISA’s June 25, 2026 medical advisory identifies versions 1.0.0 through before 3.0.4 as affected, with the issue potentially allowing an unauthenticated attacker to write files to arbitrary locations. Coverage focuses on the risk to medical imaging environments, including hospitals, imaging vendors, and the IT teams responsible for healthcare systems. The tagged discussions emphasize the importance of reviewing deployments and upgrading affected installations to pynetdicom 3.0.4 or later, while treating this Python library issue as a serious concern for network-connected healthcare software.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    CISA ICSMA-26-176-01: pynetdicom Path Traversal Enables Arbitrary File Write

    CISA published ICS Medical Advisory ICSMA-26-176-01 on June 25, 2026, warning that pydicom’s pynetdicom library versions 1.0.0 through before 3.0.4 contain a path traversal flaw that can let an unauthenticated attacker write files to arbitrary locations. That is a deceptively plain sentence for...
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    CISA Warns pynetdicom Path Traversal Risk: Upgrade to 3.0.4+

    On June 25, 2026, CISA published a medical advisory warning that pydicom’s pynetdicom library versions 1.0.0 through earlier than 3.0.4 contain a path traversal flaw that could let an unauthenticated attacker write files to arbitrary locations on affected systems. The advisory lands in the...