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CVE-2026-40917: Gimp: gimp: application crashes or information disclosure via crafted icns image files

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: gimp (Debian:13) 3.0.4-3+deb13u8; gimp (Debian:14) 3.2.2-1; gimp (openSUSE:Leap 16.0) 3.0.8-bp160.4.1.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 5.0, NVD 7.1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to gimp (Debian:13) 3.0.4-3+deb13u8; gimp (Debian:14) 3.2.2-1; gimp (openSUSE:Leap 16.0) 3.0.8-bp160.4.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A flaw was found in GIMP. This vulnerability, a heap buffer over-read in the `icns_slurp()` function, occurs when processing specially crafted ICNS image files. An attacker could provide a malicious ICNS file, potentially leading to application crashes or information disclosure on systems that process such files.

HighCVSS 7.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Apr 15, 2026
Updated
Oct 26, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 5th percentile

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Action score

28

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.1
CNA · redhat
5.0
2.1 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
gimpgimp
redhatenterprise linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • gimp gimpall versions
  • redhat enterprise linux6.0
  • redhat enterprise linux7.0
  • redhat enterprise linux8.0
  • redhat enterprise linux9.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

    • all versionsaffected

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

    • all versionsaffected

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

    • all versionsaffected

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

    • all versionsaffected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:13gimpbefore 3.0.4-3+deb13u83.0.4-3+deb13u8
Debian:14gimpbefore 3.2.2-13.2.2-1
openSUSE:Leap 16.0gimpbefore 3.0.8-bp160.4.13.0.8-bp160.4.1

Same product

gimp: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-44443GIMP PSP File Parsing Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    59Plan
  • CVE-2012-2763Buffer overflow in the readstr_upto function in plug-ins/script-fu/tinyscheme/scheme.c in GIMP 2.6.12 and earlier, and possibly 2.6.13, allo
    55Plan
  • CVE-2023-44442GIMP PSD File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    49Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-40915Apr 15, 2026 · Gimp: gimp: heap buffer overflow due to integer overflow in fits image loader
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-40916Apr 15, 2026 · Gimp: gimp: denial of service due to stack buffer overflow in tim image loader
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-40918Apr 15, 2026 · Gimp: gimp: denial of service via crafted pvr image file
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:gimp3.0.4-3+deb13u8 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:gimp3.0.8-bp160.4.1 · openSUSE:Leap 16.0Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-66759103 days apartGimp: out-of-bounds read in file-icns plugin causes information disclosure or crash on crafted icns images
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2026-78475131 days apartGimp: unbounded stack vla and 21-byte stack over-read in pix (esm) loader
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2026-82324135 days apartGimp: heap out-of-bounds reads in iff/ilbm loader from ham row size mismatch and nplanes=0
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2026-82328135 days apartGimp: heap out-of-bounds read in ico loader via unvalidated used_clrs palette count
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2026-82330135 days apartGimp: heap out-of-bounds read in pvr vq (compressed) decoder due to missing bounds check
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2026-80101132 days apartGimp: multiple heap out-of-bounds reads in xwd loader from unrelated width and bytes-per-line validation
    17Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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