PT-2026-21850 · Libvips · Libvips

Niebelungen · Published 2026-02-25 · Updated 2026-02-25 · CVE-2026-3146

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libvips versions prior to 8.18.0

Description A flaw exists in libvips that can lead to a null pointer dereference. This issue is located in the vips foreign load matrix header function within the libvips/foreign/matrixload.c file. The attack requires local access.

Recommendations Deploy the patch d4ce337c76bff1b278d7085c3c4f4725e3aa6ece.

Exploit

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Improper Resource Release

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

CWE-404

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-3146

Affected Products

Libvips

References · 18

• 🔥 https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4875 · Exploit
• https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/4888 · Patch
• https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/d4ce337c76bff1b278d7085c3c4f4725e3aa6ece · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-3146 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3146 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-3146 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3146 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3146 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3146 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3146 · Security Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/45676 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/153246 · Telegram Post
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.347652 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2026641361584218426 · Twitter Post
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.758691 · Note