Input validation error in libvips - CVE-2026-35590
Published: July 17, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138325
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-35590
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the EXIF decoder when processing crafted EXIF metadata. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted EXIF metadata to cause a denial of service.
The issue can result in a null pointer dereference and crash in libexif after invalid EXIF tag group ranges are passed for decoding.
Affected software
libvips
How to mitigate CVE-2026-35590
Install security update from vendor's website.
libvips - update to 8.18.2