A vulnerability has been found in libvips up to 8.18.0. The impacted element is the function vips_foreign_load_matrix_header of the file libvips/foreign/matrixload.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The identifier of the patch is d4ce337c76bff1b278d7085c3c4f4725e3aa6ece. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.
CVE-2026-3146
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit-prediction score not yet available (the EPSS model rescores nightly; freshly-published CVEs typically appear within 48 hours). GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.5
- EG Score
- 5.5(low)
- EG Risk
- 29(Track)EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track
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 computedSeverity55% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 25, 2026
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (8)
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/libvips/libvips/
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/d4ce337c76bff1b278d7085c3c4f4725e3aa6ece
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4875
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/4888
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/?ctiid.347652
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/?id.347652
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/?submit.758691
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4875
Weakness Classification(2)
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Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 3× in last 7d / 3× 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.
- 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-27 14:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-27 14:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
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