Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-108093 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-108093 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-108093?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.5, published 9 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- GIMP.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-108093?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Do not open untrusted XCF files with 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-2026-108093 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-108093?
- 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
Do not open untrusted XCF files with GIMP.
Technical details
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in GIMP's XCF file loader when processing image-simulation-intent and image-simulation-bpc parasites. The loader fails to validate that parasite data is present before dereferencing pointers, allowing a specially crafted XCF file with zero-size simulation parasites to trigger a crash. The attack requires local access and user interaction to open the malicious file, resulting in availability impact only.
Affected products
- GIMP
Timeline
- 2026-10-09: disclosed