RHSA-2026:12340 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenEXR security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 8

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · April 30, 2026

Updated · October 3, 2026

Topic

An update for OpenEXR is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

OpenEXR is a high dynamic-range (HDR) image file format developed by Industrial Light & Magic for use in computer imaging applications. This package contains libraries and sample applications for handling the format.

Security Fix(es):

  • openexr: OpenEXR: Arbitrary code execution via integer overflow in EXR file processing (CVE-2026-27622)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2026:12340 — Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenEXR security update | PulseLinux