CVE-2026-10197
Description
A vulnerability was detected in Assimp up to 6.0.4. Affected is the function glTF2Importer::ImportEmbeddedTextures in the library code/AssetLib/glTF2/glTF2Importer.cpp of the component TF File Handler. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit is now public and may be used. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/6608
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/pull/6645
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/27193894/poc.zip
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-10197
- https://vuldb.com/submit/821177
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/367477
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/367477/cti
CWEs
CWE-404 CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.