A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GIMP’s PCX export plug-in. For images with extremely large width and height, buffer allocation uses overflowing 32-bit width * height arithmetic while subsequent GEGL operations use the full extent, after integer overflow in size calculation
CVE-2026-106065
MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.36.3—Trending — 3 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
Score 6.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-10-07. A secondary CVSS source baseline 6.3; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, secondary
6.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: —CVSS: 6.3Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed
No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.
- CVSS v3
- 6.3
- EG Score
- 6.3MEDIUMhigh confidence
- EG Risk
- 28EG Risk 28/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity63% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. - EPSS PROB
- —
- EPSS %ILE
- —
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.
No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
October 7, 2026
Last Modified
October 7, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Oct 7, 2026No fix on record yet. Sources: redhat.
redhat
2547456 – (CVE-2026-106065) CVE-2026-106065 GIMP: GIMP: heap buffer overflow in PCX export on oversized image dimensions
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2547456redhatMentions a patch (unverified)
CVE-2026-106065 - Red Hat Customer Portal
Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or OpenShift Container Platform 4, is affected by this vulnerability and a fix may be released to a
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-106065Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-106065(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 5× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-10-07 18:38 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-07 18:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-10-07 17:36 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-07 17:12 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-07 17:11 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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Frequently asked(4)
What is CVE-2026-106065?
CVE-2026-106065 is a medium vulnerability published on October 7, 2026. A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GIMP’s PCX export plug-in. For images with extremely large width and height, buffer allocation uses overflowing 32-bit width * height arithmetic while subsequent GEGL operations use the full extent, after integer overflow in size calculation
When was CVE-2026-106065 disclosed?
CVE-2026-106065 was first published on October 7, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-106065?
CVE-2026-106065 has a CVSS base score of 6.3 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-106065?
No fix for CVE-2026-106065 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-106065 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.
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