{"id":"CVE-2026-90949","title":"A flaw was found in GIMP's PSP (Paint Shop Pro) file loader","summary":"A flaw was found in GIMP's PSP (Paint Shop Pro) file loader. When processing a compressed selection channel, a heap-based buffer overflow can occur due to a mismatch between the allocated buffer size and the amount of data decompressed. …","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-787"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"gimp","affected":["gimp","gimp","gimp:2.8/gimp","gimp"],"published":"2026-09-14","updated":"2026-09-16","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-16T19:42:43.623","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90949","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-90949","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533013","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16753","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-90949.json"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90949"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90949"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"epss":0.00327,"epssPercentile":0.23167,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-16T15:01:46.575030Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-14T15:23:07.423Z","slug":"CVE-2026-90949","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in GIMP's PSP (Paint Shop Pro) file loader. When processing a compressed selection channel, a heap-based buffer overflow can occur due to a mismatch between the allocated buffer size and the amount of data decompressed. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious PSP file. Opening this file in GIMP could lead to a crash or arbitrary code execution.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Important · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · updated 2026-09-14 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-90949.json)","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}