🛡️ CVE-2026-2047 — gimp

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-122 NVD

7.8

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

GIMP ICNS File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GIMP. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of ICNS files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-28530.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-2047 is classified as CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow. A write past the end of a heap allocation corrupts allocator metadata or neighbouring objects.

Affected software

CVE-2026-2047 is recorded against 1 package.

gimp

Timeline and source

Published on 20 February 2026 and last revised on 15 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

gitlab.gnome.org
www.zerodayinitiative.com
access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com
security.access.redhat.com

CVE-2026-2047 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Debian Ubuntu

Details

Severity HIGH

CVSS Score 7.8

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE CWE-122

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source NVD

Published 2026-02-20

Updated 2026-08-11

Modified 2026-07-15

Fix URL https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/merge_requests/2600/diffs?commit_id=dd2faac351f1ff2588529fedc606e6a5f815577c

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
gimp	—	—

References

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/merge_requests/2600/diffs?commit_id=dd2faac351f1ff2588529fedc606e6a5f815577c

Third Party Advisory https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-120/

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4173

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2047

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2441517

https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-2047.json

🔗 NVD 🔗 Mitre ✅ Fix / Advisory

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