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CVE-2026-2050VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: gegl04 security update

Affects Red Hat gegl04Source GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 23:49 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 49% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 13 Jul 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated gegl04 packages that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:38497 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update will remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond installing the official patch.

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the HDR file parsing component of GIMP, part of the GEGL (Generic Graphics Library) framework. This flaw allows for arbitrary code execution. The issue is tracked as CVE-2026-2050 and affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related distributions. Red Hat has issued a security update to address this vulnerability.

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