Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-112259 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-112259 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-112259?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.5, published 19 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- GIMP.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-112259?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Avoid importing palette files from untrusted sources. If GIMP is not in use, uninstall the package.</anigation> <parameter name="timeline">[{"kind": "disclosed", "at": "2026-10-19"}] 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-2026-112259 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-112259?
- 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
Avoid importing palette files from untrusted sources. If GIMP is not in use, uninstall the package.</anigation> <parameter name="timeline">[{"kind": "disclosed", "at": "2026-10-19"}]
Technical details
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in GIMP's SwatchBooker (SBZ) palette parsing code when a crafted palette file lacks a color-model attribute. The vulnerability occurs during string comparison in the palette import logic, which runs in the main application process without isolation. Exploitation requires local user interaction to import a malicious palette file and results in application crash (denial of service); no remote code execution or privilege escalation is possible.
Affected products
- GIMP