[UPDATE] [medium] GIMP: Multiple vulnerabilities

mediumCVE-2026-40915 CVE-2026-40916 CVE-2026-40917 CVE-2026-40918 CVE-2026-40919 CVE-2026-6384

An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in GIMP to potentially execute arbitrary code, disclose confidential information, manipulate data, or cause a denial-of-service condition.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: GIMP product: GIMP Remote code execution Information disclosure Denial of service

What: Multiple vulnerabilities in GIMP enable arbitrary code execution, information disclosure, data manipulation, and denial of service.
Who is affected: GIMP users opening crafted files or processing untrusted input are affected.
Urgency: Medium to high urgency; code execution is possible through file handling.
Action: Update GIMP to the version that fixes all identified vulnerabilities.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-08-18
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-1144

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-409150.38% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 31% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-409160.21% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 12% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-409170.17% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 6% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-409180.20% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 10% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-409190.33% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 26% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-63840.26% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 18% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2026-40915	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2026-40916	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2026-40917	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2026-40918	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2026-40919	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2026-6384	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

Recent advisories for GIMP

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

mediumCVE-2026-80101: A flaw was found in the file-xwd plugin in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted XWD image…nvd · 2026-08-25
medium[NEW] [medium] GIMP: Multiple Vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-25
mediumCVE-2026-78475: A flaw was found in the file-pix (ESM) plugin in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted PIX…nvd · 2026-08-24
highCVE-2026-78465: A flaw was found in the file-pcx plugin in GIMP, affecting 32-bit builds only. When processing…nvd · 2026-08-24
high[NEW] [high] GIMP: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-24
medium[NEW] [medium] GIMP: Multiple vulnerabilities enable code executioncert-bund · 2026-08-21