CVE-2026-10197

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Published 2026-05-31 · Modified 2026-06-01

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CVSS v3

3.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4 NEW

4.8

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

VIR risk

3.3

Description

A vulnerability was detected in Assimp up to 6.0.4. Affected is the function glTF2Importer::ImportEmbeddedTextures in the library code/AssetLib/glTF2/glTF2Importer.cpp of the component TF File Handler. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit is now public and may be used. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

34%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2026-10197 NameCVE-2026-10197 DescriptionA vulnerability was detected in Assimp up to 6.0.4. Affected is the function glTF2Importer::ImportEmbeddedTextures in the library code/AssetLib/glTF2/glTF2Importer.cpp of the component TF File Handler. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit is now public and may be used. It is…

CVE-2026-10197

Name	CVE-2026-10197
Description	A vulnerability was detected in Assimp up to 6.0.4. Affected is the function glTF2Importer::ImportEmbeddedTextures in the library code/AssetLib/glTF2/glTF2Importer.cpp of the component TF File Handler. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit is now public and may be used. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
assimp (PTS)	bullseye	5.0.1~ds0-2	vulnerable
	bookworm	5.2.5~ds0-1	vulnerable
	trixie	5.4.3+ds-2	vulnerable
	forky, sid	6.0.5+ds-1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
assimp	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/6608
https://github.com/assimp/assimp/pull/6645

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Apply commands

text fix

Notes

https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/6608https://github.com/assimp/assimp/pull/6645

OS impact

Debian Affected 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Affected	—
sid	Affected	—
forky	Affected	—
bullseye	Affected	—
bookworm	Affected	—

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

References

CWEs

CWE-404 CWE-476

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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