Vulnerability · CVE-2026-97851
The storage status-change REST service allows location records still associated with DICOM instances to be changed to deletion-related states.
Published Oct 15, 2026 · CISA
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-97851. EPSS is 0.32%. Act only if a listed version of CISA is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High—
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.32%
- Remediation
- Not established
- Affected products
- CISA
The storage status-change REST service allows location records still associated with DICOM instances to be changed to deletion-related states. Changing a location to TO_DELETE causes PurgeStorageScheduler to delete the referenced object from storage even though the corresponding instance record remains in the database.
No affected version ranges are stored yet. Use the vendor advisory before you decide this record does not apply.
How to fix CVE-2026-97851
Recommended remediation
No required-action text, fix commit, or clear fixed-version range is stored yet.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-97851. EPSS is 0.32%. Act only if a listed version of CISA is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.32%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Oct 15, 2026 · CISA Cybersecurity Advisories
Detected
CVE-2026-97851 is listed by J4Care dcm4che.
Sources
- CISA Cybersecurity AdvisoriesGovernment advisoryCVE-2026-97851
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to delete stored medical images, disclose patient information, inject forged studies, reassign patient records, overwrite files, and cause a denial-of-service condition. The following versi
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-97851
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-97851
30-day exploitation probability 0.3%
first.org - Tenable CVE DatabaseVulnerability recordCVE-2026-97851
The storage status-change REST service allows location records still associated with DICOM instances to be changed to deletion-related states. Changing a location to TO_DELETE causes PurgeStorageScheduler to delete the referenced object from storage even though the corresponding instance record remains in the database.
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Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.