What is CVE-2026-112259?

CVE-2026-112259 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-10-19.

How severe is CVE-2026-112259?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CVE-2026-112259

A flaw was found in GIMP. Importing a crafted SBZ palette without a color-model attribute can cause a NULL pointer dereference during string comparison, resulting in denial of service of the GIMP application.

Published 2026-10-19 · last modified 2026-10-19.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-112259 (vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-112259?: CVE-2026-112259 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-10-19.
How severe is CVE-2026-112259?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.