Medium 5.5Published Feb 25, 2026

CVE-2026-3146A vulnerability has been found in libvips up to 8.18.0.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:00 UTC)

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A vulnerability has been found in libvips up to 8.18.0. The impacted element is the function vips_foreign_load_matrix_header of the file libvips/foreign/matrixload.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The identifier of the patch is d4ce337c76bff1b278d7085c3c4f4725e3aa6ece. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-404, CWE-476
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jun 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

libvips libvips libvips:libvips	through 8.18.0	NVD

References

https://github.com/libvips/libvips/product
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/d4ce337c76bff1b278d7085c3c4f4725e3aa6ecepatch
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4875exploit, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/4888issue-tracking, patch
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.347652permissions-required, vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.347652third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.758691third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

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