CVE-2026-69242

HIGHPre-NVD 8.48.4—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.4 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 89% 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
8.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.4Exploit: None knownExposed: 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. Prior to version 8.18.3, a crafted many-band TIFF processed through VipsForeignLoadTiff can evade scanline validation in libvips/iofuncs/image.c and cause an integer overflow in vips_image_sanity. The resulting buffer-region calculation can access attacker-controlled negative offsets in mmap-resident allocations, allowing reads or writes of other image data, possible data disclosure through uncompressed .v output, and likely process crashes. Remote code execution has not been demonstrated but cannot be ruled out. This issue is fixed in version 8.18.3.

CVSS v3
8.4
EG Score
8.4(medium)
EG Risk
38(Track)
EG Risk 38/100SSVC: 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
Severity84% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
11%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 20, 2026

Last Modified

August 21, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

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

Integer overflow leading to heap buffer overflow leading to possible attacker-controlled mmap-resident write · Advisory · libvips/libvips · GitHub

https://github.com/libvips/libvips/security/advisories/GHSA-9rwc-f68v-4482
github_release Patch Available

v8.18.3

Patch available: libvips/libvips v8.18.3

https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/tag/v8.18.3
github_pr Patch Available

Ensure scanlines fit in INT_MAX

Patch available: libvips/libvips v8.18.3-rc1 (PR #5012 merged 2026-04-26)

https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/5012
github_commit Patch Available

commit c72f50927413 (libvips/libvips)

Patch available: libvips/libvips v8.18.3-rc1 (contains commit c72f50927413)

https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/c72f50927413cd2451837d9813f954bc5d88f548

Weakness Classification(2)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 19× 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. 2026-08-30 02:32 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-29 01:27 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-27 23:41 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-26 22:41 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-25 21:41 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-24 20:21 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-23 06:50 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-22 05:51 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-21 17:21 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-21 16:29 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-21 09:47 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-20 21:17 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-20 21:16 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-69242?
CVE-2026-69242 is a high vulnerability published on August 20, 2026. libvips is a fast image processing library with low memory needs. Prior to version 8.18.3, a crafted many-band TIFF processed through VipsForeignLoadTiff can evade scanline validation in libvips/iofuncs/image.c and cause an integer overflow in vipsimagesanity. The resulting buffer-region…
When was CVE-2026-69242 disclosed?
CVE-2026-69242 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 20, 2026, with the most recent update on August 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-69242 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-69242 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 89.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-69242?
CVE-2026-69242 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-69242?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-69242, 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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