A flaw was found in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted lighting preset file, the Lighting Effects filter does not properly validate the number of light sources. This can lead to an out-of-bounds write, corrupting memory. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to open a malicious preset file, potentially causing a crash or enabling arbitrary code execution.
CVE-2026-90947
Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-14. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.8
- EG Score
- 7.8(high)
- EG Risk
- 35(Track)EG Risk 35/100SSVC: Track
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How it’s computedSeverity78% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 14, 2026
Last Modified
September 17, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Sep 14, 2026(CVE-2026-90947) Security concern in lighting plugin (#16682) · Issues · GNOME / GIMP · GitLab
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/166822533005 – (CVE-2026-90947) CVE-2026-90947 gimp: gimp: out-of-bounds write in lighting effects plugin via crafted preset file
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533005CVE-2026-90947 - Red Hat Customer Portal
Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or OpenShift Container Platform 4, is affected by this vulnerability and a fix may be released to a
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-90947Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-90947(1)
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Weakness Classification(1)
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- 2026-09-14 15:34 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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