Is CVE-2026-31972 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-31972 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-31972?

CVE-2026-31972 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-31972?

CVE-2026-31972 has an EPSS score of 0.52% (40th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-31972

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

SAMtools is a program for reading, manipulating and writing bioinformatics file formats. The `mpileup` command outputs DNA sequences that have been aligned against a known reference. On each output line it writes the reference position, optionally the reference DNA base at that position (obtained from a separate file) and all of the DNA bases that aligned to that position. As the output is ordered by position, reference data that is no longer needed is discarded once it has been printed out. Under certain conditions the data could be discarded too early, leading to an attempt to read from a pointer to freed memory. This bug may allow information about program state to be leaked. It may also cause a program crash through an attempt to access invalid memory. This bug is fixed in versions 1.21.1 and 1.22. There is no workaround for this issue.

CWE-416Use After Free

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days

40thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 40% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-03-19.