What is CVE-2026-96546?

CVE-2026-96546 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 2.5/10. Published 2026-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2026-96546?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CVE-2026-96546

A one-byte out-of-bounds heap read flaw was found in GIMP's uncompressed DDS image loader. When a user opens an uncompressed DDS image, the file-dds plug-in performs an unconditional one-byte look-ahead after processing the final pixel. This may cause the plug-in to crash if the byte immediately following the pixel buffer is inaccessible; no information disclosure or code execution has been demonstrated.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2026-09-23.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

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-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96546 (vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16802

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-96546?: CVE-2026-96546 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 2.5/10. Published 2026-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-96546?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.5 out of 10.