CVE-2026-26981
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
OpenEXR has heap-buffer-overflow via signed integer underflow in ImfContextInit.cpp
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
References
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-q6vj-wxvf-5m8c
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26981
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/6bb2ddf1068573d073edf81270a015b38cc05cef
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/d2be382758adc3e9ab83a3de35138ec28d93ebd8
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26981.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-26981
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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