CVE-2026-43893
high
CVSS v3
8.2
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.2
Description
exiftool-vendored vulnerable to argument injection via newline characters in tag names
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
88%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | exiftool-vendored | <35.19.0 | 35.19.0 |
| NPM | exiftool-vendored | <= 35.18.0 | 35.19.0 |
References
- https://github.com/photostructure/exiftool-vendored.js/security/advisories/GHSA-cw26-7653-2rp5
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43893
- https://exiftool.org/TagNames
- https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#stay_open-FLAG
- https://github.com/photostructure/exiftool-vendored.js
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cw26-7653-2rp5
CWEs
CWE-88
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.