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[UPDATE] [medium] libpng: Vulnerability enables denial of service

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A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in libpng to perform a denial of service attack.

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vendor: libpngproduct: libpngDenial of service
What
A denial of service vulnerability in libpng allows remote anonymous attackers to crash the application.
Who is affected
Systems using vulnerable versions of libpng are affected.
Urgency
Medium urgency; denial of service impact with no authentication required.
Action
Update libpng to the patched version.

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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-2026-2061

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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.

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