# CVE-2026-3281: vips: A vulnerability was detected in libvips 8.19.0 CVE-2026-3281 is fixed in 17 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3281, released February 27, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3281 - Priority: High - CVSS: 7.8 (high) - EPSS: 0.0027 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: Feb 27, 2026 ## Description A vulnerability was detected in libvips 8.19.0. This affects the function vips_bandrank_build of the file libvips/conversion/bandrank.c. Performing a manipulation of the argument index results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named fd28c5463697712cb0ab116a2c55e4f4d92c4088. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue. ## Where it's fixed | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Linux | vips Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 8.14.1-3+deb12u3 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3281](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-3281.md) | Feb 27, 2026 | | Linux | vips Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 8.16.1-1+deb13u1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3281](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-3281.md) | Feb 27, 2026 | | Linux | vips Debian 14 | 8.18.0-3 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3281](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-3281.md) | Feb 27, 2026 | | Linux | vips Fedora 43 | 8.18.3-2.fc43 | [FEDORA-2026-3B2DDEA116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/fedora-2026-3b2ddea116.md) | Jun 13, 2026 | | Linux | vips-debuginfo Fedora 43 | 8.18.3-2.fc43 | [FEDORA-2026-3B2DDEA116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/fedora-2026-3b2ddea116.md) | Jun 13, 2026 | | Linux | vips-debugsource Fedora 43 | 8.18.3-2.fc43 | [FEDORA-2026-3B2DDEA116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/fedora-2026-3b2ddea116.md) | Jun 13, 2026 | | Linux | vips-devel Fedora 43 | 8.18.3-2.fc43 | [FEDORA-2026-3B2DDEA116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/fedora-2026-3b2ddea116.md) | Jun 13, 2026 | | Linux | vips-doc Fedora 43 | 8.18.3-2.fc43 | [FEDORA-2026-3B2DDEA116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/fedora-2026-3b2ddea116.md) | Jun 13, 2026 | | Linux | vips-heif Fedora 43 | 8.18.3-2.fc43 | [FEDORA-2026-3B2DDEA116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/fedora-2026-3b2ddea116.md) | Jun 13, 2026 | | Linux | vips-heif-debuginfo Fedora 43 | 8.18.3-2.fc43 | [FEDORA-2026-3B2DDEA116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/fedora-2026-3b2ddea116.md) | Jun 13, 2026 | | Linux | vips-jxl Fedora 43 | 8.18.3-2.fc43 | [FEDORA-2026-3B2DDEA116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/fedora-2026-3b2ddea116.md) | Jun 13, 2026 | | Linux | vips-jxl-debuginfo Fedora 43 | 8.18.3-2.fc43 | [FEDORA-2026-3B2DDEA116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/fedora-2026-3b2ddea116.md) | Jun 13, 2026 | | Linux | vips-magick Fedora 43 | 8.18.3-2.fc43 | [FEDORA-2026-3B2DDEA116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/fedora-2026-3b2ddea116.md) | Jun 13, 2026 | | Linux | vips-magick-debuginfo Fedora 43 | 8.18.3-2.fc43 | [FEDORA-2026-3B2DDEA116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/fedora-2026-3b2ddea116.md) | Jun 13, 2026 | | Linux | vips-openslide Fedora 43 | 8.18.3-2.fc43 | [FEDORA-2026-3B2DDEA116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/fedora-2026-3b2ddea116.md) | Jun 13, 2026 | | Linux | vips-openslide-debuginfo Fedora 43 | 8.18.3-2.fc43 | [FEDORA-2026-3B2DDEA116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/fedora-2026-3b2ddea116.md) | Jun 13, 2026 | | Linux | vips-poppler Fedora 43 | 8.18.3-2.fc43 | [FEDORA-2026-3B2DDEA116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/fedora-2026-3b2ddea116.md) | Jun 13, 2026 | | Linux | vips-poppler-debuginfo Fedora 43 | 8.18.3-2.fc43 | [FEDORA-2026-3B2DDEA116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/fedora-2026-3b2ddea116.md) | Jun 13, 2026 | | Linux | vips-tools Fedora 43 | 8.18.3-2.fc43 | [FEDORA-2026-3B2DDEA116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/fedora-2026-3b2ddea116.md) | Jun 13, 2026 | | Linux | vips-tools-debuginfo Fedora 43 | 8.18.3-2.fc43 | [FEDORA-2026-3B2DDEA116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/fedora-2026-3b2ddea116.md) | Jun 13, 2026 | --- Data as of 2026-11-08T00:53:09Z UTC. 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