Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-106061 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-106061 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-106061?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.5, published 7 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- GIMP.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-106061?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Only open X cursor and other image files from trusted sources; do not preview untrusted files in GIMP. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-106061 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-106061?
- Check whether you run GIMP. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
Only open X cursor and other image files from trusted sources; do not preview untrusted files in GIMP.
Technical details
An integer overflow vulnerability in GIMP's XMC thumbnail loader computes a pixel buffer size using width * height in 32-bit signed arithmetic; if this overflows, the allocation is undersized while subsequent GEGL buffer operations use the full unwrapped dimensions, triggering an out-of-bounds heap read (CWE-125). The vulnerability requires user interaction (opening or previewing a crafted XMC file) and local access, but can crash GIMP or leak heap memory.
Affected products
- GIMP
Timeline
- 2026-10-07: disclosed