CVE-2026-40528: OpenSC OpenSC

OpenSC < 0.27.0 Buffer Overrun in do_key_value() via profile.c

CVSS 1.0 LowEPSS 0.0019 · 8th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: VulnCheck) at 29 May 2026, 13:38 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
OpenSC	OpenSC pkg:github/OpenSC/OpenSC	affected before 0.27.0 semver affected before 0358817ec74aeca654f83e7709c7720b14c5db59 git Other versions: affected

Identifiers

CVE-2026-40528

CNA

VulnCheck

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-121 · CWE-122

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
1.0	Low	4.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	CNA (VulnCheck)Used for this record
3.8	Low	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L	CNA (VulnCheck)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0019, the 8th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 29 May 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/0358817ec74aeca654f83e7709c7720b14c5db59 patch
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/opensc-buffer-overrun-in-do-key-value-via-profile-c third-party-advisory

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