Red Hat Security Advisory: openexr security update
Affects Red Hat openexrSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.4 High · fixed in Red Hat package updates : patch Red Hat openexr soon.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 21:05 UTC
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 3.4.6, 3.3.8, 3.2.6
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 3 Mar 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
Upgrade openexr and academysoftwarefoundation/openexr to 3.4.6, 3.3.8 or 3.2.6.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
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| AcademySoftwareFoundationopenexr | Affected
| Fixed in
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| AcademySoftwareFoundationopenexr | Affected
| Fixed in
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| AcademySoftwareFoundationopenexr | Affected
| Fixed in
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GitHubacademysoftwarefoundation/openexrpkg:github/academysoftwarefoundation/openexrOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated OpenEXR packages that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:8872 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these official patches is the recommended mitigation. No additional or alternative mitigations are specified by the vendor.
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2026-27622) in OpenEXR, an open-source high-dynamic-range image file format, allows arbitrary code execution due to an integer overflow in EXR file processing. This issue affects OpenEXR packages included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support and related variants. Red Hat has issued a security advisory and released updated packages to address this vulnerability.