7.5

CVE-2026-46599: golang.org/x/image golang.org/x/image/tiff

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46599DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46599CGA-3c3x-m552-99r7
Published 29-05-2026Last modified 01-06-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-46599 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in golang.org/x/image golang.org/x/image/tiff. EPSS estimates a 0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.63%
0%100%
Low · +0.28 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 29-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The TIFF decoder does not place a limit on the size of PackBits-compressed data. A maliciously-crafted image can exploit this to cause a small image (both in terms of pixel width/height and encoded size) to make the decoder decode large amounts of compressed data.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.63%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.28 pp

From 0.35% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.63%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard33 products
  • cgAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • chainctlAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • chainctl-fipsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • commercial-chainloop-backendAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • gatusAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi4 products
  • gatusAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • glabAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • seaweedfs< 4.34-r1
  • tailscaleAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • golang-golang-x-imageAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 0.42.0-1
Golang.org/x1 product
  • image< 0.41.0
Golang.org/x/image1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • golang-golang-x-imageAll versions (No fix recorded)

6 vendors · 41 products

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