CVE-2026-53532

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.1 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 82% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Elevated
7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. In versions 3.4.0 through 3.4.12, a crafted HTJ2K-compressed EXR file causes an unconditional process abort in any application that calls exr_start_read() on untrusted input, resulting in denial of service. The crash is triggered by a QCD marker whose lower five bits are zero, which OpenEXR passes into the vendored OpenJPH library while constructing the codestream and evaluating its quantization delta parameters. OpenJPH uses an assertion rather than a recoverable error to validate those bits, so any invalid value calls abort() directly and cannot be intercepted by surrounding error handling, a problem compounded by OpenEXR wrapping only its internal HT header parser in error handling while leaving the later codestream read and construction calls unprotected. This issue has been resolved in version 3.4.13.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1(medium)
EG Risk
63(Attend)
EG Risk 63/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity71% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
18%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 24, 2026

Last Modified

September 9, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 24, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github, github_release.
github_release Patch Available

v3.4.13

Patch available: AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr v3.4.13

https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.4.13
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

Unhandled assert abort in HTJ2K decoder via crafted QCD marker (DoS) · Advisory · AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr · GitHub

https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-2f85-52wj-hc3c

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openexr3.1.13-1 ... 3.4.6+ds-4 (10 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openexr3.1.13-2 ... 3.4.6+ds-4 (6 versions)——
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openexr3.1.13-2, 3.4.6+ds-1, 3.4.6+ds-2, 3.4.6+ds-3, 3.4.6+ds-43.4.14-0.1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 47× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-19 22:07 UTCEG score recompute
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  22. 2026-08-24 22:26 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-53532?
CVE-2026-53532 is a high vulnerability published on August 24, 2026. OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. In versions 3.4.0 through 3.4.12, a crafted HTJ2K-compressed EXR file causes an unconditional process abort in any application that calls exrstartread() on untrusted…
When was CVE-2026-53532 disclosed?
CVE-2026-53532 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 24, 2026, with the most recent update on September 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-53532 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-53532 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 81.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-53532?
CVE-2026-53532 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-53532?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-53532, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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