CVE-2026-97185

Gimp: gimp: out-of-bounds write in gimpressionist plugin via crafted preset file

Products / packages Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions · 3 more

Published 24/09/2026, 08:30:29 UTC

Severity and exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV coverage does not rule out exploitation.

KEV checked 14/11/2026, 21:10:34 UTC

redhat · CVSS:3.1 · 7.8

Assessment vector

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

Severity

high7.8

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Known exploitation

Not listed in the checked CISA KEV catalog

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Public exploit

Not established by this record

Missing evidence does not mean no public exploit exists.

Remediation

Source guidance available

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What this means

GIMP's gimpressionist plugin has an out-of-bounds write weakness via crafted preset files, potentially causing a crash. An attacker needs access to convince a user to load a malicious preset file. The impact is uncertain.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Attack conditions

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Affected versions

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Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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unaffected

8100020261015094823.4c9c024f → before *

rpm versions

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)

cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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unaffected

2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.14 → before *

rpm versions

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)

cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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unaffected

2:3.0.4-8.el9_9.4 → before *

rpm versions

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)

cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

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unaffected

2:2.99.8-4.el9_2.7 → before *

rpm versions

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)

cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

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Product identifiers (CPE)

cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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Other versions: unknown

Product identifiers (CPE)

cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)

cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7

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What to do

Compare your installed product and version with the affected versions above. A matching product name alone does not confirm exposure.

Do not load GIMPressionist preset files from untrusted sources.

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Public exploit evidence

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Original source description

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A flaw was found in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted GIMPressionist preset file, the plug-in does not properly validate vector indices before writing into fixed-size arrays. This can lead to an out-of-bounds write, corrupting memory. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to load a malicious preset file, potentially causing a crash or enabling arbitrary code execution.

References

7 sources

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75575

Vendor advisoryredhat

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:84744

Vendor advisoryredhat

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:93589

Vendor advisoryredhat

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:98462

Vendor advisoryredhat

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97185

Security advisoryredhat

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi

Source referenceredhat

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gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16788

Source referenceredhat

Inside the record

Evidence available

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Remediation guidance

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Original records

CVE-2026-97185

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-787 ↗

Out-of-bounds Write

redhat

Contributing organizations · 2

redhat

Assigning organization

2026-11-11

CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-09-24

Timeline

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24 Sept 2026, 08:30
Advisory published
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11 Nov 2026, 13:03
Source updated
Latest modification date supplied by the source.
11 Nov 2026, 13:39
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CVE · CVE-2026-971852026-11-11

Observed 2026-11-11T13:39:32.110Z · upstream updated 2026-11-11T13:03:51.605Z

Product or version evidence changed

before

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References changed

before

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  "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97185",
  "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539980",
  "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16788"
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after

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CVE · CVE-2026-971852026-11-05

Observed 2026-11-05T06:57:48.270Z · upstream updated 2026-11-05T00:15:44.647Z

Product or version evidence changed

before

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after

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Observed exploitation · KEV: An absent or unavailable KEV listing does not establish that exploitation has not occurred.
Predicted exploitation · EPSS: 0.13% estimated probability in the next 30 days. 2026-11-01 · FIRST EPSS.

CISA-ADP · SSVC

CISA Coordinator · 2026-09-24

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total

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CVE CVE-2026-97185

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NVDAvailable

Checked 02/11/2026, 10:10:37 UTC

GHSAAvailable

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EUVDAvailable

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Additional source evidence

FIRST EPSS · CVE-2026-97185

EPSS 0.13% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Percentile: 2.80% · 2026-11-01

Checked 02/11/2026, 10:10:36 UTC

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-85817

CVSS 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Checked 02/11/2026, 10:10:36 UTC

GitHub Advisory Database · GHSA-wp8m-4297-94hv

CVSS 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Checked 02/11/2026, 10:10:37 UTC

NVD · CVE-2026-97185

CVSS 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Checked 02/11/2026, 10:10:37 UTC

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Gimp: gimp: out-of-bounds write in gimpressionist plugin via crafted preset file

Severity and exploitation

What this means

Attack conditions

Affected versions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

affected

unaffected

unknown

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

affected

unaffected

unknown

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

affected

unaffected

unknown

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

affected

unaffected

unknown

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

affected

unaffected

unknown

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

affected

unaffected

unknown

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

affected

unaffected

unknown

What to do

Public exploit evidence

Original source description

References

Inside the record

Evidence available

Original records

Underlying weaknesses

Timeline

Advisory published

Source updated

Last imported by cve.new

What changed