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🛡️ OESA-2026-2023 — openjpeg2 (CVE-2026-6192)

🟢 CVSS 2.0 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
2.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

openjpeg2 security update

OpenJPEG is an open-source JPEG 2000 codec written in C language. It has been developed in order to promote the use of JPEG 2000, a still-image compression standard from the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG). Since April 2015, it is officially recognized by ISO/IEC and ITU-T as a JPEG 2000 Reference Software.

Security Fix(es):

A vulnerability was identified in uclouvain openjpeg up to 2.5.4. This impacts the function opj_pi_initialise_encode in the library src/lib/openjp2/pi.c. The manipulation leads to integer overflow. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The identifier of the patch is 839936aa33eb8899bbbd80fda02796bb65068951. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.(CVE-2026-6192)

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Affected software

OESA-2026-2023 is recorded against 1 package.

  • openjpeg2 (fixed in 2.3.1-17.oe2003sp4)

Timeline and source

Published on 25 April 2026 and last revised on 18 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

www.openeuler.org (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

openjpeg2 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 2.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-04-25
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-18
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
openjpeg2 — 2.3.1-17.oe2003sp4

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