CVE-2026-108093 Gimp: gimp: denial of service via null pointer dereference in xcf simulation parasite loading
An attacker can crash GIMP by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted XCF file with zero-size simulation parasites.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-108093?
CVE-2026-108093 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, published on 9 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A flaw was found in GIMP. The XCF loader processes image-simulation-intent and image-simulation-bpc parasites without ensuring the parasite data is present before dereferencing it. Opening a specially crafted XCF file with a zero-size simulation parasite can cause a NULL pointer dereference and crash the GIMP application.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-108093?
How do I fix CVE-2026-108093?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-108093 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-108093 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-108093 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-108093, GHSA-h6qg-qj72-qh79, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-108093.