CVE-2026-35590

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.86.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.8 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 98% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.8
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

libvips is a fast image processing library with low memory needs. The EXIF decoder within libvips versions before and including 8.18.1 was not verifying the range of EXIF tag groups before passing data to libexif, leading to a possible null pointer dereference and crash. This has been patched in version 8.18.2.

CVSS v3
6.8
EG Score
6.8(medium)
EG Risk
31(Track)
EG Risk 31/100SSVC: 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 computed
Severity68% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
2.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 20, 2026

Last Modified

July 23, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 20, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github, github_commit, github_pr.
github Patch Available

Possible out-of-bounds read leading to crash when decoding well-crafted EXIF metadata · Advisory · libvips/libvips · GitHub

https://github.com/libvips/libvips/security/advisories/GHSA-jmwm-wc68-mhwm
github_pr Patch Available

validate ifdN in exif decode

Patch available: libvips/libvips v8.18.2 (PR #4972 merged 2026-03-26)

https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/4972
github_commit Patch Available

commit 91ebd4d35341 (libvips/libvips)

Patch available: libvips/libvips v8.18.2 (contains commit 91ebd4d35341)

https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/91ebd4d35341a8353ea490392d556d582e4b846f

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 14× 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.

  1. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-23 03:10 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-20 22:46 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-20 19:16 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-20 18:42 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-07-20 16:38 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-20 16:37 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-35590?
CVE-2026-35590 is a medium vulnerability published on July 20, 2026. libvips is a fast image processing library with low memory needs. The EXIF decoder within libvips versions before and including 8.18.1 was not verifying the range of EXIF tag groups before passing data to libexif, leading to a possible null pointer dereference and crash. This has been patched in…
When was CVE-2026-35590 disclosed?
CVE-2026-35590 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 20, 2026, with the most recent update on July 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-35590 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-35590 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-35590?
CVE-2026-35590 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-35590?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-35590, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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