Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting gimp package, versions [,3.2.0-rc2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.97% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GIMP-15325684
  • published22 Feb 2026
  • disclosed21 Feb 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-2044  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gimp to version 3.2.0-rc2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of Uninitialized Resource in the PGM file parsing process. An attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1