---
id: CVE-2026-97185
title: A flaw was found in GIMP
summary: >-
  A flaw was found in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted GIMPressionist
  preset file, the plug-in does not properly validate vector indices before
  writing into fixed-size arrays. This can lead to an out-of-bounds write,
  corrupting me…
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 (all versions)
  - gimp
  - gimp (all versions)
  - 'gimp:2.8/gimp (all versions)'
  - gimp (all versions)
published: '2026-09-24'
updated: '2026-09-24'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-24T21:00:46.893'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97185'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97185'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539980'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16788'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00133
epssPercentile: 0.02311
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-24T12:38:43.555462Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-24T09:40:50.746Z'
---

## Overview

A flaw was found in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted GIMPressionist preset file, the plug-in does not properly validate vector indices before writing into fixed-size arrays. This can lead to an out-of-bounds write, corrupting memory. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to load a malicious preset file, potentially causing a crash or enabling arbitrary code execution.

## Remediation

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