CVE-2026-68513

HIGH CVSS 3.1: 7.1 EPSS 0.19%
Updated Sep 10, 2026
Academysoftwarefoundation
Parameter Value
CVSS 7.1 (HIGH)
Affected Versions 3.3.0 — 3.3.12
Type CWE-122 (Heap-based Buffer Overflow), CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)
Vendor Academysoftwarefoundation
Public PoC No

OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. Versions 3.3.0 through 3.3.12 and 3.4.0 through 3.4.13 contain a heap buffer overflow in PyOpenEXR triggered by a channel-name key collision between literal and prefixed RGB channels. When separate_channels=false, PyOpenEXR maps each physical channel name through channelNameToRGBA() and coalesces the results into a shared RGB array.

A crafted flat scanline EXR that contains both a literal channel such as left and prefixed channels such as left.R, left.G, and left.B causes these names to collide, so the wrapper reuses an undersized two-dimensional NumPy array for the coalesced RGB slices and writes out of bounds when OpenEXR.File(path) decodes the pixels. This issue is fixed in versions 3.3.13 and 3.4.14.

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Local
Requires local access
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Privileges Required
None
No privileges needed
User Interaction
Required
User action required

Impact Assessment

Confidentiality
None
No data leak
Integrity
High
Complete data modification
Availability
High
Complete denial of service

CVSS Vector v3.1

Vulnerable Products

academysoftwarefoundation:openexr