CVE-2026-42216
OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. From versions 3.0.0 to before 3.2.9, 3.3.0 to before 3.3.11, and 3.4.0 to before 3.4.11, IDManifest::init() reconstructs strings from a prefix-compressed representation. If the previous string is longer than 255 bytes, the next string is expected to begin with a 2-byte prefix length. The code reads stringList[i][0] and stringList[i][1] without checking that the current string has at least two bytes. This issue has been patched in versions 3.2.9, 3.3.11, and 3.4.11.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.46% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125, CWE-130
- Affected
- openexr/openexr
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-65j8-95g9-jgj4Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38498
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38499
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39024
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39025
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39026
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39027
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42216
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467633
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-65j8-95g9-jgj4Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42216.json
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.