Red Hat Security Advisory: gimp:2.8 security update
Affects Red Hat gimp:2.8Source GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 15:49 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 7 Jan 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 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an official security update for GIMP 2.8 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 that addresses these vulnerabilities. Users and administrators should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:0250 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate these issues. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Description
Two heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities in GIMP 2.8's DCM and XWD file parsing components could allow remote code execution. These issues are addressed in a security update provided by Red Hat for their Enterprise Linux 8.2 distribution. The vulnerabilities are rated with high severity by Red Hat Product Security.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0250 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2407188 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2407233 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_0250.json (opens in a new tab)