What is CVE-2026-112261?

CVE-2026-112261 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-10-19.

How severe is CVE-2026-112261?

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

Use After Free in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CVE-2026-112261

A flaw was found in GIMP. Opening a crafted XCF that selects a path and then fails to load that path can cause a use-after-free in the main process, leading to a crash and potentially arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2026-10-19.

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

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-416 — Use After Free

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-112261 (vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-112261?: CVE-2026-112261 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-10-19.
How severe is CVE-2026-112261?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.