RHSA-2026:50817HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: gimp security update

Published
August 5, 2026
Last Modified
August 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2026-42169 →CVE-2026-66758 →CVE-2026-66759 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-42169 — gimp: GIMP APNG loader heap-buffer-overflow when fcTL width exceeds IHDR width (file-png.c) CVE-2026-66758 — gimp: integer overflow in file-fits plugin causes a heap-based buffer overflow on crafted FITS images CVE-2026-66759 — gimp: out-of-bounds read in file-icns plugin causes information disclosure or crash on crafted ICNS images

🎯 Affected products25

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-debuginfo-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-debuginfo-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-debuginfo-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-debuginfo-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-debugsource-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-debugsource-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-debugsource-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-debugsource-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-devel-tools-debuginfo-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-devel-tools-debuginfo-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-devel-tools-debuginfo-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-devel-tools-debuginfo-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-libs-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-libs-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-libs-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-libs-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-libs-debuginfo-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-libs-debuginfo-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-libs-debuginfo-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gimp-libs-debuginfo-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)

✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability. Workaround: To mitigate this vulnerability, do not open FITS files from untrusted sources with GIMP. Workaround: To mitigate this vulnerability, do not open ICNS files from untrusted sources with GIMP.

🔗 References (6)