Posted by Robert Davies on Mar 18Description ----------- 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 lin…
CVE-2026-31972: samtools
A memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2026-31972) was discovered in SAMtools' `mpileup` command, enabling arbitrary code execution via specially crafted input files. The flaw affects bioinformatics workflows relying on SAMtools for genomic data processing, potentially compromising research integrity or enabling data exfiltration in affected systems.