7.1

CVE-2026-22695: libpng Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 7.1v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2026-22695SUSE-SU-2026:0192-1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22695
Published 12-01-2026Last modified 13-01-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-22695 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in libpng. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
38/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 33 · Related 13
DLA-4481-1MGASA-2026-0010OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10060-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20083-1RHSA-2026:3405RHSA-2026:3551

Timeline

  1. 12-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. From 1.6.51 to 1.6.53, there is a heap buffer over-read in the libpng simplified API function png_image_finish_read when processing interlaced 16-bit PNGs with 8-bit output format and non-minimal row stride. This is a regression introduced by the fix for CVE-2025-65018. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.54.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.20% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Libpng

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard5 products
  • libpng< 1.6.54-r0
  • libpng-dev< 1.6.54-r0
  • libpng-doc< 1.6.54-r0
  • libpng-static< 1.6.54-r0
  • libpng-utils< 1.6.54-r0
Wolfi5 products
  • libpng< 1.6.54-r0
  • libpng-dev< 1.6.54-r0
  • libpng-doc< 1.6.54-r0
  • libpng-static< 1.6.54-r0
  • libpng-utils< 1.6.54-r0
Alpine1 product
  • libpng≥ 1.6.51, < 1.6.54-r0
Debian1 product
  • libpng1.6< 1.6.39-2+deb12u2 | < 1.6.48-1+deb13u2 | < 1.6.54-1
Libpng1 product
Pnggroup1 product
Suse1 product
  • libpng16&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5< 1.6.8-15.15.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • libpng1.6< 1.6.20-2ubuntu0.1~esm3 | < 1.6.34-1ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm2 | < 1.6.37-2ubuntu0.1~esm2 | < 1.6.37-3ubuntu0.3 | < 1.6.43-5ubuntu0.3 | < 1.6.50-1ubuntu0.3

8 vendors · 16 products

References

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