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CVE-2026-59156

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OpenImageIO is a toolset for reading, writing, and manipulating image files of any image file format relevant to VFX / animation.

Vendor / product: Openimageio — openimageio

OpenImageIO is a toolset for reading, writing, and manipulating image files of any image file format relevant to VFX / animation. Prior to 3.0.20.0, 3.1.15.0, and 3.2.0.3-beta1, A crafted fits stream containing consecutive 2880-byte header blocks without the mandatory end keyword makes fitsinput::read_fits_header() call itself without a depth bound. repeated recursive parsing exhausts the application stack, resulting in denial of service. The affected implementation is identified by src/fits.imageio/fitsinput.cpp, FitsInput::read_fits_header(), END keyword, and 2880-byte FITS header blocks, which define the relevant source path, functions, state, and trigger. This issue is fixed in versions 3.0.20.0, 3.1.15.0, and 3.2.0.3-beta1.

CVSS
6.5
6.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (security-advisories@github.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-18 16:17
Modified: 2026-09-29 18:57
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:54 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

openimageio / openimageio <3.0.20.0, ≥3.1.0.0 ≤3.1.15.0, 3.2.0.0, 3.2.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO/security/advisories/GHSA-xvwr-x6ch-v2fq
Vendor advisory: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO/security/advisories/GHSA-xvwr-x6ch-v2fq
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO/commit/b0de7d40d06eb4abc7ef14c1321a1a2a976d8c1c
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO/pull/5248
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO/security/advisories/GHSA-xvwr-x6ch-v2fq
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO/security/advisories/GHSA-xvwr-x6ch-v2fq

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:54 UTC · record ↗

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