Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-18291 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-18291 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-18291?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 20 August 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- OriginLab OriginPro 2026b SR0 and earlier.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-18291?
- A patch was published on 2026-08-20: Patch available in OriginPro 2026b SR1 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-18291 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-18291?
- Check whether you run OriginLab OriginPro at an affected version. 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.
Technical details
This vulnerability is a memory corruption issue (buffer overflow or similar heap corruption) in the OGW file parsing code within OriginPro. The root cause is insufficient validation of user-supplied data within specially crafted OGW files. Attack vector is local (file-based), requiring user interaction—the target must open a malicious OGW file. An attacker can leverage the memory corruption to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current process. The vulnerability affects OriginPro up to version 2026b SR0; a patch is available in 2026b SR1.
Affected products
- OriginLab OriginPro 2026b SR0 and earlier
Timeline
- 2026-03-25: disclosed: Vulnerability reported to vendor
- 2026-08-11: advisory: Coordinated public disclosure via ZDI
- 2026-08-20: patched: Patch available in OriginPro 2026b SR1