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CVE-2026-68513

OpenEXR: Heap buffer overflow in PyOpenEXR from literal/prefixed RGB channel name collision

7.1 HighFix available

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 profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.19%Unchanged since Aug 26, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.1

OpenEXR: Heap buffer overflow in PyOpenEXR from literal/prefixed RGB channel name collision

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.

Record
CVE-2026-68513
CVSS 3.1
7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-122, CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-65736 7.1

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.

Record
EUVD-2026-65736
CVSS 3.1
7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.1

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.

Record
CVE-2026-68513
CVSS 3.1
7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-122, CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2026-68513 7.1

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.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2026-68513
CVSS 3.1
7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSVBELL-CVE-2026-68513 7.1
Record
BELL-CVE-2026-68513
CVSS 3.1
7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.1

OpenEXR: Heap buffer overflow in PyOpenEXR from literal/prefixed RGB channel name collision

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.

Record
CVE-2026-68513
CVSS 3.1
7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-122, CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-68513 7.1

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68513
CVSS 3.1
7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68513 7.1

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68513
CVSS 3.1
7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:11612-1 No score

libIex-3_4-33-3.4.14-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libIex-3_4-33-3.4.14-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:11612-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:12184-1 No score

python313-OpenEXR-3.4.16-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the python313-OpenEXR-3.4.16-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:12184-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
openexr
Alpine:v3.24
before 3.4.15-r0
3.4.15-r0
openexr
Alpaquita:stream
3.4.4-r0 up to 3.4.15-r0
3.4.15-r0
openexr
Debian:14
before 3.4.14-0.1, plus listed versions
3.1.13-23.4.6+ds-13.4.6+ds-23.4.6+ds-33.4.6+ds-4
3.4.14-0.1
openexr
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.2.0-1ubuntu32.2.0-7ubuntu12.2.0-9ubuntu12.2.0-10ubuntu22.2.0-10ubuntu2.1
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2.2.0-10ubuntu2.22.2.0-10ubuntu2.32.2.0-10ubuntu2.42.2.0-10ubuntu2.62.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm12.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm22.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm32.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm4
None known
openexr
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.2.0-11ubuntu12.2.0-11.1ubuntu12.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.12.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.22.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.3
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2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.42.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.62.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.72.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.82.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.92.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.9+esm1
None known
openexr
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.2.1-4.1ubuntu12.3.0-62.3.0-6build12.3.0-6ubuntu0.12.3.0-6ubuntu0.2
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2.3.0-6ubuntu0.32.3.0-6ubuntu0.52.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm12.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm2
None known
openexr
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.5.4-22.5.7-12.5.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm12.5.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
None known
openexr
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
3.1.5-5.13.1.5-5.1build13.1.5-5.1build23.1.5-5.1build33.1.5-5.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
None known
openexr
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
3.1.13-2build13.4.6+ds-4ubuntu3
None known
openexr
Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
3.1.13-23.1.13-2build13.1.13-2ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1
None known
openexr
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 3.4.14-1.1
3.4.14-1.1
python-OpenEXR
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 3.4.16-1.1
3.4.16-1.1

History

History
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affected, aliases, referencesOSV
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In short

CVE-2026-68513 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Academysoftwarefoundation Openexr, published August 25, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.19%, the 9th percentile. Fixed in openexr 3.4.15-r0.

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