What is CVE-2021-26826?

CVE-2021-26826 is a high-severity vulnerability in Godotengine Godot Engine, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-02-08.

How severe is CVE-2021-26826?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Godotengine Godot Engine

CVE-2021-26826

A stack overflow issue exists in Godot Engine up to v3.2 and is caused by improper boundary checks when loading .TGA image files. Depending on the context of the application, attack vector can be local or remote, and can lead to code execution and/or system crash.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2021-02-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Godotengine Godot Engine

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45701 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45701/commits/403e4fd08b0b212e96f53d926e6273e… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-26826?: CVE-2021-26826 is a high-severity vulnerability in Godotengine Godot Engine, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-02-08.
How severe is CVE-2021-26826?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.