CVE-2026-40386
A local attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in libexif to carry out a denial-of-service attack or disclose confidential information.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A local attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in libexif to carry out a denial-of-service attack or disclose confidential information.
- Who is affected
- Local deployments of libexif.
- Urgency
- Remediation is low urgency as the severity is low.
- Action
- Consider updating to the latest version.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.14% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 4% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- low[UPDATE] [low] libexif: Multiple vulnerabilities allow denial of service and information disclosurecert-bund · 2026-07-02
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