CVE-2026-14454

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-07-08. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.7%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Imager versions before 1.033 for Perl treat unsigned EXIF IFD entry counts as signed.

Imager mishandled large EXIF IFD entry count values, treating them as negative numbers. This could lead to an attempt to allocate a block nearly the size of the address space, which fails and kills the process.

An attacker could craft an image with EXIF data that terminates a worker process.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
59
EG Risk 59/100CISA 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 computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
0.7%
EPSS %ILE
49th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (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

July 8, 2026

Last Modified

July 10, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Oct 3, 2026
Patch available.
generic

oss-security - CVE-2026-14454: Imager versions before 1.033 for Perl treat unsigned EXIF IFD entry counts as signed

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/08/6

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-14454(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libimager-perl1.012+dfsg-1 ... 1.033+dfsg-1 (20 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libimager-perl1.019+dfsg-1 ... 1.036+dfsg-1 (19 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libimager-perl1.027+dfsg-1 ... 1.036+dfsg-1 (11 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libimager-perl1.027+dfsg-1 ... 1.032+dfsg-1 (6 versions)
  • every version up to 1.033+dfsg-1: fixed in 1.033+dfsg-1
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Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 45× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 377 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-09 20:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-08 17:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-10-07 23:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-06 15:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-10-01 16:20 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-01 16:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-29 15:20 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-28 13:26 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-28 13:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-27 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-24 11:53 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-24 11:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-23 10:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-23 06:13 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-23 06:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-18 10:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-18 05:46 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-18 05:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-14 11:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-14 07:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-14 03:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-13 23:51 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-13 23:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-13 16:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-13 12:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-13 08:27 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-13 08:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-12 15:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-12 13:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-12 03:38 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-12 03:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-11 09:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-06 14:05 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-06 14:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-09-06 02:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-05 22:50 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-09-05 22:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-09-02 14:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-09-01 04:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-08-31 00:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-30 20:35 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-08-30 20:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-08-30 16:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-30 11:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-08-30 07:38 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-08-30 07:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-08-28 02:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-27 21:51 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-08-27 21:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-08-27 01:43 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-08-27 01:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-26 12:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-26 08:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-25 14:49 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-08-25 14:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-08-25 10:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-08-25 04:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-25 00:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-08-24 20:35 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-08-24 20:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-24 13:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-08-24 09:44 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-08-24 09:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-08-24 04:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-08-23 21:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-08-23 18:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-08-23 14:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-08-23 10:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-08-23 06:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-08-23 02:51 UTCEG score recompute
  69. 2026-08-23 02:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  71. 2026-08-22 22:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-08-22 19:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-08-22 15:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-08-22 11:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-08-22 07:40 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-14454?
CVE-2026-14454 is a critical vulnerability published on July 8, 2026. Imager versions before 1.033 for Perl treat unsigned EXIF IFD entry counts as signed. Imager mishandled large EXIF IFD entry count values, treating them as negative numbers. This could lead to an attempt to allocate a block nearly the size of the address space, which fails and kills the process. An…
When was CVE-2026-14454 disclosed?
CVE-2026-14454 was first published on July 8, 2026, with the most recent update on July 10, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-14454 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-14454 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (49th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-14454?
CVE-2026-14454 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-14454?
A fix for CVE-2026-14454 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-14454 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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