CVE-2026-68513
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.
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
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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
openexrAlpine:v3.24 |
before 3.4.15-r0 | 3.4.15-r0 |
openexrAlpaquita:stream |
3.4.4-r0 up to 3.4.15-r0 | 3.4.15-r0 |
openexrDebian: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 |
openexrUbuntu: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 Show 8 moreShow less2.2.0-10ubuntu2.22.2.0-10ubuntu2.32.2.0-10ubuntu2.42.2.0-10ubuntu2.62.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm12.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm22.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm32.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm4 |
None known |
openexrUbuntu: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 Show 6 moreShow less2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.42.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.62.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.72.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.82.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.92.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.9+esm1 |
None known |
openexrUbuntu: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 Show 4 moreShow less2.3.0-6ubuntu0.32.3.0-6ubuntu0.52.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm12.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm2 |
None known |
openexrUbuntu: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 |
openexrUbuntu: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 |
openexrUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.1.13-2build13.4.6+ds-4ubuntu3 |
None known |
openexrUbuntu: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 |
openexropenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 3.4.14-1.1 | 3.4.14-1.1 |
python-OpenEXRopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 3.4.16-1.1 | 3.4.16-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, aliases, references | OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
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.
References
github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-rw5h-3q4v-c3vc
github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/c1f3ec0d91cfa5a8035ecd00920835ac76e01640
github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/d134e3cd81a2e343f2919e86bf949f576b1ab16a
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-68513
docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2026-68513
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68513.json
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68513
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-68513
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-68513
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68513
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59183
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59184
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59186
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59187
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59189
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59981
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59982
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59983
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59984
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59985
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-61555
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-61703
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-62986
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-65979
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-68513
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-68514
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-68515
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-68516