CVE-2026-112259: Gimp: gimp: null pointer dereference in swatchbooker (sbz) palette import

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-10-19 · updated 2026-10-22
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

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 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: all versions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: all versions

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-112259
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555595

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