GLSA 202601-03: GIMP: Arbitrary Code Execution

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Severity:	high
Title:	GIMP: Arbitrary Code Execution
Date:	01/26/2026
Bugs:	#965334
ID:	202601-03

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in GIMP, which can lead to execution of arbitrary code.

Background

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. XCF is the native image file format used by GIMP.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-gfx/gimp	< 2.10.38-r3	>= 2.10.38-r3	All supported architectures

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in GIMP. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GIMP. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of XWD files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GIMP users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/gimp-3.0.6"

All GIMP 2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:


          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/gimp-2.10.38-r3 =media-gfx/gimp-2*"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202601-03.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.