RHSA-2026:5436 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for the gimp:2.8 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image composition and editing program. GIMP provides a large image manipulation toolbox, including channel operations and layers, effects, sub-pixel imaging and anti-aliasing, and conversions, all with multi-level undo.

Security Fix(es):

• gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via uninitialized memory in PGM file parsing (CVE-2026-2044)
• gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via out-of-bounds write in XWD file parsing (CVE-2026-2045)
• gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via ICO File Parsing Vulnerability (CVE-2026-0797)
• gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via XWD file parsing vulnerability (CVE-2026-2048)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2441521 - CVE-2026-2044 gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via uninitialized memory in PGM file parsing
• BZ - 2441522 - CVE-2026-2045 gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via out-of-bounds write in XWD file parsing
• BZ - 2441524 - CVE-2026-0797 gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via ICO File Parsing Vulnerability
• BZ - 2441527 - CVE-2026-2048 gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via XWD file parsing vulnerability

CVEs

• CVE-2026-0797
• CVE-2026-2044
• CVE-2026-2045
• CVE-2026-2048

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important