What is CVE-2026-6695?

CVE-2026-6695 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gimp, classified under Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-08-03.

How severe is CVE-2026-6695?

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

Vulnerability in Gimp

CVE-2026-6695

A flaw was found in GIMP. A remote attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PAA (Paint Shop Pro Array) image file. This vulnerability, a heap-based out-of-bounds write in the decode_lzss() function of the PAA file format plugin, allows data to be written beyond the intended memory buffer. This could lead to heap metadata corruption and potentially enable the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

EPSS: 0.002 (14.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Gimp
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 6.0, 7.0, 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-805 — Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-6695?: CVE-2026-6695 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gimp, classified under Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-08-03.
How severe is CVE-2026-6695?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.