CVE-2026-112261CWE-416

CVE-2026-112261

High · published October 20, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A flaw was found in GIMP. Opening a crafted XCF that selects a path and then fails to load that path can cause a use-after-free in the main process, leading to a crash and potentially arbitrary code execution.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00136 · 2.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2026-10-20T02:17Z
References (2)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-112261 · [email protected]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555748 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 OCT 03:27Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 19 OCT 21:37Z
    Gimp: gimp: use-after-free in xcf loader via prop_selected_path
    cvelistv5
  • 19 OCT 21:37Z
    Gimp: gimp: use-after-free in xcf loader via prop_selected_path
    cvelistv5