Critical 9.8Published Aug 24, 2026

CVE-2026-52490An issue in libtiff 85f2ac8e0b01cb7db2bbecf4a3b891bdbef67938 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the process_command_opts() function in tools/tiffcrop.c

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

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An issue in libtiff 85f2ac8e0b01cb7db2bbecf4a3b891bdbef67938 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the process_command_opts() function in tools/tiffcrop.c

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-94
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: mitre
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Aug 25, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

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References

https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/work_items/846
https://gist.github.com/okyfh/122c2d72e991a78c8af80a3af3be8671

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