What is GHSA-rx8m-434w-gmj7?

GHSA-rx8m-434w-gmj7 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. An invalid pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the vtkPNGReader::vtkPNGReaderUpdate2...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-rx8m-434w-gmj7 cover?

GHSA-rx8m-434w-gmj7 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-42057. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-rx8m-434w-gmj7?

GHSA-rx8m-434w-gmj7 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-rx8m-434w-gmj7HighCVSS 7.5

An invalid pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the vtkPNGReader::vtkPNGReaderUpdate2...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 29, 2026

Last Modified

October 29, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-42057 →

📋 Description

An invalid pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the vtkPNGReader::vtkPNGReaderUpdate2 functionality of vtk 9.6. A specially crafted .png file can lead to a denial of service. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42057
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2413
https://vtk.org/download
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rx8m-434w-gmj7