# CVE-2026-108063: Libhangul: null pointer dereference in hanja\_new() when looking up a malformed hanja dictionary entry

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-09 · Updated: 2026-10-09

## Affected

- libhangul: version range not reported
- libhangul: version range not reported
- libhangul: version range not reported
- libhangul: version range not reported
- libhangul: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in libhangul. When parsing Hanja dictionary files, the library fails to verify that an entry contains a valid value alongside its key. By providing a specially crafted dictionary file to an application that queries it, an attacker can trigger an unexpected application crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

## What to do

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-108063
- https://github.com/libhangul/libhangul/blob/5094421d9586294b2aad09924b9a54e2e6060f06/hangul/hanja.c
- https://github.com/libhangul/libhangul/issues/106

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