# CVE-2025-53948: Santesoft Sante PACS Server Double Free

> A remote attacker can crash the Sante PACS Server main thread via a crafted HL7 message, causing denial of service without authentication.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 19 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m793-qp5h-r3xw

## What is CVE-2025-53948?

CVE-2025-53948 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Santesoft Sante PACS Server, published on 18 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Sante PACS Server allows a remote attacker to crash the main thread by sending a crafted HL7 message, causing a denial-of-service condition. The application would require a manual restart and no authentication is required.

Weakness: CWE-415 (Double Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53948?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Santesoft Sante Pacs Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-53948?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53948 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-53948 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Santesoft Sante PACS Server

- [CVE-2025-2263](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2263/): Santesoft Sante PACS Server Stack-based Buffer Overflow (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-51637](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51637/): Sante PACS Server PG Patient Query SQL Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-1863](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1863/): Sante PACS Server Token Endpoint SQL Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-2272](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2272/): SQL injection in PACS Server (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-54156](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54156/): Santesoft Sante PACS Server Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-53948 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-53948 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Santesoft Sante PACS Server, published on 18 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Santesoft Sante PACS Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53948/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53948/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53948
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53948
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53948

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53948/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.