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Apr 10, 2026 • Ionut Arghire

Orthanc DICOM Vulnerabilities Lead to Crashes, RCE

Orthanc DICOM vulnerabilities expose healthcare imaging systems to multiple attack vectors. The flaws enable denial-of-service attacks, unauthorized...

Source
SecurityWeek
Category
vulnerability
Severity
high

Executive Summary

Orthanc DICOM vulnerabilities expose healthcare imaging systems to multiple attack vectors. The flaws enable denial-of-service attacks, unauthorized information disclosure, and potentially remote code execution. These vulnerabilities affect DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) servers, which store and manage critical medical imaging data. Successful exploitation could disrupt healthcare operations, compromise patient data confidentiality, and allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. Healthcare organizations using Orthanc should apply available security patches immediately and implement network segmentation to limit exposure.

Summary

Attackers could exploit these vulnerabilities in denial-of-service, information disclosure, and arbitrary code execution attacks. The post Orthanc DICOM Vulnerabilities Lead to Crashes, RCE appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Published Analysis

Orthanc DICOM vulnerabilities expose healthcare imaging systems to multiple attack vectors. The flaws enable denial-of-service attacks, unauthorized information disclosure, and potentially remote code execution. These vulnerabilities affect DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) servers, which store and manage critical medical imaging data. Successful exploitation could disrupt healthcare operations, compromise patient data confidentiality, and allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. Healthcare organizations using Orthanc should apply available security patches immediately and implement network segmentation to limit exposure. Attackers could exploit these vulnerabilities in denial-of-service, information disclosure, and arbitrary code execution attacks. The post Orthanc DICOM Vulnerabilities Lead to Crashes, RCE appeared first on SecurityWeek . Attackers could exploit these vulnerabilities in denial-of-service, information disclosure, and arbitrary code execution attacks. The post Orthanc DICOM Vulnerabilities Lead to Crashes, RCE appeared first on SecurityWeek .