[UPDATE] [medium] GIMP: Vulnerability allows denial of service and information disclosure

mediumCVE-2026-4887

A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in GIMP to conduct a denial of service attack or disclose information.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: GIMP product: GIMP Denial of service Information disclosure

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

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-07-06
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-2026-0882

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 46% of all scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2026-4887	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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