CVE-2026-5201

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-03-31. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Elevated
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Public exploit or proof-of-concept code is available
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1.2%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: Public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

A flaw was found in the gdk-pixbuf library. This heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability occurs in the JPEG image loader due to improper validation of color component counts when processing a specially crafted JPEG image. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw without user interaction, for example, via thumbnail generation. Successful exploitation leads to application crashes and denial of service (DoS) conditions.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
65
EG Risk 65/100

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 (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity75% × 45%
The EG Score, 7.5 of 10.
Exploitation40% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
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
1.2%
EPSS %ILE
68th
KEV
Not listed

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track 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 partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

March 31, 2026

Last Modified

July 15, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Apr 29, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

2453291 – (CVE-2026-5201) CVE-2026-5201 gdk-pixbuf: gdk-pixbuf: Denial of Service via heap-based buffer overflow when processing a specially crafted JPEG image

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2453291
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

cve-details

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5201
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Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11806
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Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11328
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Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11327
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Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11326
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Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11325
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Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10741
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Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10708
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Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10707

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-5201(9)

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

Patch Availability(24)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibgdk-pixbuf2.0-doc (2.42.12+dfsg-5ubuntu0.1) @ questing2026-06-11ubuntu
ubuntulibgdk-pixbuf2.0-doc (2.32.2-1ubuntu1.6+esm3) @ xenial2026-06-11ubuntu
redhatrhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9:17806819842026-06-10redhat
redhatrhaiis/vllm-rocm-rhel9:17792236512026-05-20redhat
redhatrhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9:17792236542026-05-20redhat
redhatgdk-pixbuf2-0:2.42.6-6.el9_8.12026-05-19redhat
redhatgdk-pixbuf2-0:2.42.12-4.el10_2.52026-05-19redhat
redhatrhaiis/vllm-spyre-rhel9:17782445462026-05-12redhat
redhatrhaiis/vllm-rocm-rhel9:17782445312026-05-11redhat
redhatrhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9:17782746662026-05-11redhat
redhatrhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9:17782445592026-05-11redhat
redhatgdk-pixbuf2-0:2.36.12-7.el8_42026-04-30redhat
redhatgdk-pixbuf2-0:2.36.12-7.el8_62026-04-30redhat
redhatgdk-pixbuf2-0:2.36.12-7.el8_82026-04-30redhat
redhatgdk-pixbuf2-0:2.36.12-5.el7_92026-04-30redhat
redhatgdk-pixbuf2-0:2.42.6-3.el9_0.12026-04-30redhat
redhatgdk-pixbuf2-0:2.36.12-7.el8_22026-04-29redhat
redhatgdk-pixbuf2-0:2.42.6-6.el9_6.12026-04-28redhat
redhatgdk-pixbuf2-0:2.42.12-4.el10_0.42026-04-28redhat
redhatgdk-pixbuf2-0:2.42.6-4.el9_2.12026-04-28redhat
redhatgdk-pixbuf2-0:2.42.6-5.el9_4.12026-04-28redhat
redhatgdk-pixbuf2-0:2.42.6-6.el9_7.12026-04-27redhat
redhatgdk-pixbuf2-0:2.36.12-8.el8_102026-04-27redhat
redhatgdk-pixbuf2-0:2.42.12-4.el10_1.52026-04-27redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
gdk-pixbuf2.42.2+dfsg-1, 2.42.2+dfsg-1+deb11u1, 2.42.2+dfsg-1+deb11u2, 2.42.2+dfsg-1+deb11u3, 2.42.2+dfsg-1+deb11u4
  • every version up to 2.42.2+dfsg-1+deb11u5: fixed in 2.42.2+dfsg-1+deb11u5
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
gdk-pixbuf2.42.10+dfsg-1, 2.42.10+dfsg-1+deb12u1, 2.42.10+dfsg-1+deb12u2, 2.42.10+dfsg-1+deb12u3
  • every version up to 2.42.10+dfsg-1+deb12u4: fixed in 2.42.10+dfsg-1+deb12u4
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
gdk-pixbuf2.42.12+dfsg-4
  • every version up to 2.42.12+dfsg-4+deb13u1: fixed in 2.42.12+dfsg-4+deb13u1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
gdk-pixbuf2.42.12+dfsg-4 ... 2.44.5+dfsg-4 (12 versions)
  • every version up to 2.44.6+dfsg-1: fixed in 2.44.6+dfsg-1
—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Additional Vendor Advisories

(17)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 30× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 229 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 129 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

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  30. 2026-08-16 09:41 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-08-16 09:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9pr2-m366-8728 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  32. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.1% · 61st percentile
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  34. 2026-08-14 19:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9pr2-m366-8728 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
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  36. 2026-08-14 06:05 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-08-14 06:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9pr2-m366-8728 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
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  40. 2026-08-12 20:26 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-08-12 20:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9pr2-m366-8728 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
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  44. 2026-08-11 20:38 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-08-11 20:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9pr2-m366-8728 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  46. 2026-08-11 03:38 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-11 03:38 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-08-11 03:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9pr2-m366-8728 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
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  51. 2026-08-10 07:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9pr2-m366-8728 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
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  54. 2026-08-09 18:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9pr2-m366-8728 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
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  57. 2026-08-09 05:40 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-08-09 05:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9pr2-m366-8728 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
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  62. 2026-08-08 04:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9pr2-m366-8728 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  63. 2026-08-07 15:45 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-08-07 15:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9pr2-m366-8728 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
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  66. 2026-08-06 18:13 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-08-06 18:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9pr2-m366-8728 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
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  70. 2026-08-06 00:37 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-08-06 00:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9pr2-m366-8728 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • GitHub PoCkagancapar/CVE-2026-5201
    Published Apr 1, 2026

    CVE-2026-5201: Heap-based buffer overflow in gdk-pixbuf JPEG loader (CWE-122, CVSS 7.5)

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-5201?
CVE-2026-5201 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on March 31, 2026. A flaw was found in the gdk-pixbuf library. This heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability occurs in the JPEG image loader due to improper validation of color component counts when processing a specially crafted JPEG image. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw without user interaction, for…
When was CVE-2026-5201 made public?
CVE-2026-5201 was made public on March 31, 2026: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Red Hat, Inc., gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on March 31, 2026. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of July 15, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-5201 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-5201 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (68th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-5201?
CVE-2026-5201 has a CVSS base score of 7.5 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-5201?
A fix for CVE-2026-5201 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-5201 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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