# CVE-2026-88370: libconfini 1.16.4 contains a heap out-of-bounds write condition involving the bundled load\_ini\_buffer.h utility and strip\_ini\_cache().

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-09-25

## Affected

No affected packages have been listed by the sources.

## Description

libconfini 1.16.4 contains a heap out-of-bounds write condition involving the bundled load_ini_buffer.h utility and strip_ini_cache(). The bundled utility allocates exactly ini_length bytes, while strip_ini_cache() unconditionally writes a NUL terminator at ini_source[ini_length], requiring an additional writable byte. Applications using the bundled allocation pattern can trigger deterministic heap memory corruption when processing any non-empty INI input, resulting in denial of service.

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/madmurphy/libconfini/issues/20

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