Out-of-bounds Read Affecting golang.org/x/image/bmp package, versions <0.41.0
Threat Intelligence
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- published2 Jun 2026
- disclosed29 May 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 29 May 2026
CVE-2026-42500 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade golang.org/x/image/bmp to version 0.41.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read in the Decoding process of BMP files containing a palette with out-of-range indices. An attacker can cause a panic and potentially disrupt application availability by supplying a crafted BMP file with invalid palette indices.