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TI-2026-37792 Aliases CVE-2026-52490GHSA-6qm2-q5vx-rh4c

An issue in libtiff 85f2ac8e0b01cb7db2bbecf4a3b891bdbef67938 allows an attacker to…

Priority HIGH 82CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

An issue in libtiff 85f2ac8e0b01cb7db2bbecf4a3b891bdbef67938 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the process_command_opts() function in tools/tiffcrop.c

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00726 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 3 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:69095 Released 2026-09-21 · Red Hat rating Important
    libtiff security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libtiff-4.0.9-39.el8_10, libtiff-devel-4.0.9-39.el8_10
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) libtiff-tools-4.0.9-39.el8_10
  • RHSA-2026:53467 Released 2026-08-11 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Hardened Images libtiff-4.7.2-2.hum1@aarch64, libtiff-4.7.2-2.hum1@src, libtiff-4.7.2-2.hum1@x86_64 +6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:69095
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:69095
Red Hat Hardened ImagesFixed RHSA-2026:53467
Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-52490
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6qm2-q5vx-rh4c
  3. 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Other 2

Sources

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