PT-2026-21390 · Gimp · Gimp

Published 2026-01-01 · Updated 2026-06-10 · CVE-2026-2049

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GIMP (affected versions not specified)

Description GIMP installations are susceptible to remote code execution due to a heap-based buffer overflow present in the HDR file parsing functionality. Exploitation requires user interaction with malicious files or web pages.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-122

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-2049

MGASA-2026-0047

OESA-2026-1715

SUSE-SU-2026:1479-1

SUSE-SU-2026:1481-1

SUSE-SU-2026:1496-1

ZDI-26-214

Affected Products

Gimp

References · 27

• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0047.html · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-2049 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-2049 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:1496-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2026-1715 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:1481-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-214 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:1479-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2049 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2050 · Security Note
• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gegl/-/issues/450 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2049 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2049 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-2049 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2026-0047 · Vendor Advisory