---
id: CVE-2026-112259
title: 'Gimp: gimp: null pointer dereference in swatchbooker (sbz) palette import'
summary: >-
  A flaw was found in GIMP. Importing a crafted SBZ palette without a
  color-model attribute can cause a NULL pointer dereference during string
  comparison, resulting in denial of service of the GIMP application.
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-476
vendor: Red Hat
product: gimp
affected:
  - gimp
  - gimp
  - gimp
  - 'gimp:2.8/gimp'
  - gimp
published: '2026-10-19'
updated: '2026-10-19'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-19T18:42:52.539Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-112259'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-112259'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555595'
    label: RHBZ#2555595
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-19T19:38:06.486Z'
---

## Overview

A flaw was found in GIMP. Importing a crafted SBZ palette without a color-model attribute can cause a NULL pointer dereference during string comparison, resulting in denial of service of the GIMP application.

## Affected

- `gimp`
- `gimp`
- `gimp`
- `gimp:2.8/gimp`
- `gimp`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

### Workarounds

Avoid importing untrusted SBZ palette files. If GIMP is unused, remove the gimp package.