CVE-2026-11526: RURBAN GD · OS Command Injection
Affects RURBAN GDSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical : upgrade to 2.86 as a priority.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC
- EPSS
- 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 71% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 2.86
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 14 Jun 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade RURBAN GD to 2.86.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| RURBANGD | Affected
| Fixed in
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GitHubGDpkg:github/GDOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
If you cannot patch yet, avoid passing untrusted input to any GD filename-accepting constructors (new, newFromPng, newFromJpeg, etc.). Use in-memory *Data variants that do not open file paths when possible. Implement input validation or sanitization to prevent filenames beginning or ending with pipe or redirection characters.
Description
GD versions before 2.86 for Perl allow OS command injection and file overwrite via a 2-arg open() of filename arguments in _make_filehandle. GD::Image::_make_filehandle opens a filename argument with Perl's 2-arg open(), so a filename that begins or ends with a pipe ("| cmd", "cmd |") or begins with a redirect ("> path", ">> path") is run as a command or redirect rather than opened as a file. _make_filehandle is the single open path behind every filename-accepting constructor (new, newFromPng, newFromJpeg, and the rest); the in-memory *Data variants do not open a path and are unaffected. Any caller that forwards untrusted input to one of these constructors as a pathname can run an arbitrary command or truncate a file under the process UID.
References
- github.com/lstein/Perl-GD/commit/67b163713c6c78dfeb693da0978ae934e5cd8210.patch (opens in a new tab)
- metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/GD-2.86/changes (opens in a new tab)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/14/4 (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/06/msg00027.html (opens in a new tab)