Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-19967 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-19967 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-19967?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.3, published 17 August 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Assimp Open Asset Import Library including commit 17c12da.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-19967?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. 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-2026-19967 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-19967?
- Check whether you run Assimp Open Asset Import Library 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
The vulnerability is a heap-based buffer overflow in the Assimp::Compression::decompressBlock function within code/Common/Compression.cpp. The flaw occurs during the parsing and decompression of model file data. An attacker can trigger the overflow by crafting a malicious 3D model file that is processed by a vulnerable application. The attack vector is network-based and requires no authentication or user interaction beyond loading the malicious file. An exploit has been publicly released. The vulnerability can lead to denial of service or code execution, depending on memory layout and exploitation technique.
Affected products
- Assimp Open Asset Import Library including commit 17c12da
Timeline
- 2026-08-17: disclosed
- other: Exploit publicly released