CVE-2026-82591
Publication date 31 August 2026
Last updated 31 August 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
A security vulnerability has been detected in Open Asset Import Library Assimp up to 6.0.2. The impacted element is the function MD5Importer::MakeDataUnique of the file code/AssetLib/MD5/MD5Loader.cpp. The manipulation of the argument iNewIndex leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The identifier of the patch is bf9dabb617c46e5133dac65cca6bff177917afcb. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| assimp | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version:
Base score
4.8 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Base score
5.3 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-82591
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/pull/6718
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/commit/bf9dabb617c46e5133dac65cca6bff177917afcb
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-82591
- https://vuldb.com/submit/892413
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/397086
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/397086/cti