Answer in brief
CVE-2026-120431 records a High severity (CVSS 8.5) vulnerability in Netpbm before 10.86.51, 11.02.29, and 11.15.07 sgitopnm Heap Buffer Overflow. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Netpbm/Netpbm (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 8.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Netpbm/Netpbm (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Netpbm/Netpbmgeneric | >=0 <10.86.51 || >=11.0 <11.02.29 || >=11.03 <11.15.07 | 10.86.51, 11.02.29, 11.15.07 |
Published upstream
Nov 2, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 2, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 2, 2026
Netpbm before 10.86.51, 11.x before 11.02.29, and 11.03 before 11.15.07 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in sgitopnm's readChannels() function when processing RLE-compressed SGI images. Attackers can supply crafted SGI files with oversized offset table lengths to write controlled data past the heap buffer, causing crashes or potential code execution.
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