CVE-2026-22695 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-22695: LIBPNG has a heap buffer over-read in png_image_read_direct_scaled (regression from CVE-2025-65018 fix)

Vendor Pnggroup
Product libpng
Weakness CWE-125
Published January 12, 2026
Last update January 13, 2026
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CVSS base score

6.1/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. From 1.6.51 to 1.6.53, there is a heap buffer over-read in the libpng simplified API function png_image_finish_read when processing interlaced 16-bit PNGs with 8-bit output format and non-minimal row stride. This is a regression introduced by the fix for CVE-2025-65018. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.54.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 12, 2026 CVE published
January 13, 2026 Record updated