#1146642 assimp: CVE-2026-82591

Package:
src:assimp
Source:
src:assimp
Submitter:
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Date:
2026-09-10 17:37:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1146642#5
Date:
2026-09-04 04:36:22 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for assimp.

CVE-2026-82591[0]:
| 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.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-82591
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-82591
[1] https://github.com/assimp/assimp/pull/6718

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore