CVE-2026-112261: Gimp: gimp: use-after-free in xcf loader via prop_selected_path

6

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

Technical severity (high)+6

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

—

No EPSS score.

Affects

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and 1 more

CVSS base

7.8

High · 2 source(s)

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9).
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (memory corruption), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	versions not specified by the source	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	versions not specified by the source	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Local

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
7.8	CVSS 3.1	High	1.8	5.9	secalert@redhat.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
7.8	CVSS 3.1	High	—	—	redhat via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: secalert@redhat.com)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-416 · Use After Free

Other CVEs with this weakness →

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Local/physical vector: focus on endpoint telemetry (EDR) from affected hosts.
Correlate service crashes/restarts with inbound traffic; repeated crashes may indicate attempts.

endpoint telemetry (EDR)crash dumps

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · red hat/red hat enterprise linux 10, red hat/red hat enterprise linux 9
Oct 19, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 19, 2026
CVSS changed · 7.8
Oct 19, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Received
Oct 19, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 19, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVE published
Oct 19, 2026 · redhat

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 19, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026

References

2 on the record

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-112261
vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Red Hat
every CVE for this vendor

Memory corruption
same class

CWE-416
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

High CVE-2026-112257 Gimp: gimp: heap out-of-bounds read/write in psd thumbnail loader (load_resource_1033) 5h
High CVE-2026-112258 Gimp: gimp: use-after-free in xcf loader via prop_linked and prop_selection on channels 5h
High CVE-2026-112260 Gimp: gimp: heap out-of-bounds read in xcf text-layer parasite parsing 7h
Medium CVE-2026-112214 Gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free: gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free: unbounded memory allocation in asfdemux simple index parser 14h
Medium CVE-2026-112210 Rhc: rhc: local privilege escalation via symlink following in rhc-canonical-facts.service 15h
High CVE-2026-16487 Bootc: containers-common: bootc: automatic updates can apply unsigned mutable-tag content under default containers policy 21h

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No FIRST EPSS score.
No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
No CISA SSVC assessment.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-112261 is "Gimp: gimp: use-after-free in xcf loader via prop_selected_path", rated High. It affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (Red Hat); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 7.8 describes technical severity. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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