# CVE-2026-97185: Gimp: gimp: out-of-bounds write in gimpressionist plugin via crafted preset file

Status: published. Published: 2026-09-24. Updated: 2026-11-02.

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

- workaround: Do not load GIMPressionist preset files from untrusted sources. (source: CNA: redhat)

## Affected products and versions

- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (gimp:2.8): ≥ 8100020261015094823.4c9c024f; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (gimp): ≥ 2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.14; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions (gimp): ≥ 2:2.99.8-4.el9_2.7; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (gimp): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (gimp): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (gimp): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.8 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: CNA: redhat

- CVSS 3.1: 7.8 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: NVD: secalert@redhat.com

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.13% as of 2026-11-01; percentile 2.80%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact total; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-787

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75575 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:84744 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:93589 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97185 (CNA: redhat; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539980 (CNA: redhat; issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16788 (CNA: redhat)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75575 (secalert@redhat.com)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:84744 (secalert@redhat.com)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:93589 (secalert@redhat.com)

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97185 (secalert@redhat.com)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539980 (secalert@redhat.com)

- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16788 (secalert@redhat.com)

## Provenance

- CNA: redhat: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97185; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97185; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-97185; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated Not reported

Revision: 15c4b91023e8898dbb689e307dfad7c643c6bd894900a97d1cd6bda2fe08d74e

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-97185