[UPDATE] [medium] GIMP: Vulnerability allows denial of service and information disclosure
A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in GIMP to conduct a denial of service attack or disclose information.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability allows a remote, anonymous attacker to conduct a denial of service attack or disclose information.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of GIMP are affected by this vulnerability.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to the medium severity of the vulnerability and lack of current exploitation.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of GIMP to address this vulnerability.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-0882
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-2026-48870.63% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 48% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-4887 | 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.
- medium[UPDATE] [mittel] GIMP: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Codeausführungcert-bund · 2026-09-08
- medium[UPDATE] [mittel] GIMP: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Codeausführungcert-bund · 2026-09-04
- high[UPDATE] [hoch] GIMP: Mehrere Schwachstellencert-bund · 2026-09-04
- high[UPDATE] [hoch] GIMP Plugins: Mehrere Schwachstellencert-bund · 2026-09-04
- medium[NEW] [medium] GIMP: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-09-03
- medium[NEW] [UNPATCHED] [medium] GIMP: Multiple vulnerabilities allow denial of service and disclosure of informatio…cert-bund · 2026-08-31
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