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CWE-158 · weakness in Injection and Smuggling

Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character

37 CVEs · 2 exploited

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Every one of the 37 is a mark on the map. Named now: 1 to 26, most at risk first.

  1. Wing FTP Server <= 7.4.3 - Remote Code ExecutionCVE-2025-47812wftpserver · CVSS 10 · 94% likelycovered by CyberSIXT

    Wftpserver

  2. Unspecified vulnerability in the QuickTime Movie Parser Filter in quartz.dll in DirectShow in Microsoft DirectX 7.0 through 9.0c on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and W…CVE-2009-1537Microsoft · CVSS 8.8 · 51% likelycovered by CyberSIXT

    Microsoft

  3. Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server VulnerabilitiesCVE-2022-20812Cisco · CVSS 9 · 2.0% likely

    Cisco

  4. IMPROPER NEUTRALIZATION OF NULL BYTE OR NUL CHARACTER CWE-158CVE-2020-14500Secomea GateManager all versions prior to 9.2c · CVSS 10 · 1.7% likely
  5. Improper neutralization of null byte leads to read overrunCVE-2020-7928MongoDB Inc. · CVSS 6.5 · 1.4% likely

    MongoDB

  6. Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server VulnerabilitiesCVE-2022-20813Cisco · CVSS 9 · 1.1% likely

    Cisco

  7. Unsanitized NUL in environment variables on Windows in syscall and os/execCVE-2022-41716Go standard library · CVSS 6.3 · 1.0% likely

    Go standard library

  8. Apache log4net: NUL character truncates EventLogAppender recordsCVE-2026-105239Apache Software Foundation · CVSS 5.3 · 0.8% likely

    Apache

  9. Apache log4net: NUL character truncates OutputDebugStringAppender recordsCVE-2026-105240Apache Software Foundation · CVSS 5.3 · 0.8% likely

    Apache

  10. Denial of Service in CivetWebCVE-2025-9648CivetWeb · CVSS 8.7 · 0.8% likely

    CivetWeb

  11. Red Lion Crimson Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL CharacterCVE-2023-5719Red Lion · CVSS 8.8 · 0.6% likely
  12. Improper neutralization of null bytes may lead to buffer over-reads in MongoDB ServerCVE-2024-10921MongoDB Inc · CVSS 6.8 · 0.6% likely

    MongoDB

  13. An attachment spoofing issue in WhatsApp for Windows prior to v2.3000.1032164386.258709 could have allowed maliciously formatted documents with embedded NUL bytes in the filename…CVE-2026-23863Facebook · CVSS 6.5 · 0.5% likelycovered by CyberSIXT

    Meta (Facebook)

  14. PHP-FPM logs from children may be alteredCVE-2024-9026PHP Group · CVSS 3.3 · 0.5% likely

    PHP

  15. PhastPress <= 3.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via Null Byte InjectionCVE-2025-14388kiboit · CVSS 9.8 · 0.5% likely
  16. Improper neutralization of a NUL byte in cPanel allows remote attackers to read any mail account's calendar and contact data.CVE-2026-105475WebPros · CVSS 8.7 · 0.5% likely

    WebPros

  17. Adding %00 and a fake extension to a jar: URL changed the interpretation of the contentsCVE-2025-1936Mozilla · CVSS 7.3 · 0.4% likely

    Mozilla

  18. Path Traversal through Search Head Clustering in Splunk EnterpriseCVE-2026-76354Splunk · CVSS 8.1 · 0.4% likely

    Splunk

  19. Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via Null Byte InjectionCVE-2025-66263DB Electronica Telecomunicazioni S.p.A. · CVSS 8.9 · 0.4% likely

    DB Electronica Telecomunicazioni S.p.A.

  20. free5GC UDM vulnerable to null byte injection in URL path parameters causing 500 Internal Server ErrorCVE-2026-33191free5gc · CVSS 8.7 · 0.4% likely

    Free5gc

  21. Apache Commons Codec: NUL bytes in tree entry names cause Git/SWHID identifier collisions (GitIdentifiers class)CVE-2026-124077Apache Software Foundation · CVSS 4.3 · 0.3% likelycovered by CyberSIXT

    Apache1 article1 article this week: Apache fixes two Commons Codec flaws in version 1.23.0

  22. Select Dell Client Consumer and Commercial platforms include an issue that allows the BIOS Admin password to be changed through Dell's manageability interface without knowledge of…CVE-2020-5363Dell · CVSS 8.6 · 0.3% likely

    Dell

  23. Xorg-x11-server: selinux unlabeled glx pbufferCVE-2024-0408Redhat · CVSS 5.5 · 0.3% likely

    Red Hat

  24. BMC Control-M/Agent unescaped NULL byte in access control list checksCVE-2025-55113BMC · CVSS 9 · 0.3% likely

    BMC

  25. socket.getaddrinfo() accepts embedded null bytes in host and portCVE-2026-116566Python Software Foundation · CVSS 5.3 · 0.3% likely

    Python Software Foundation

  26. Heap-buffer-over-read in _mongoc_http_send via strstr on non-null-terminated bufferCVE-2026-4359MongoDB Inc · CVSS 2 · 0.3% likely

    MongoDB

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Data as of 2026-11-14. CVE List through 2026-11-14 · EPSS of 2026-11-13 · CISA KEV checked 2026-11-14. Sources: the CVE List, CISA KEV, EPSS, NVD, nuclei templates and public bug bounty data.

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