ETK-2026-2690Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.
waiting for further signalsZero needs more public information before it can validate it.description
libheif versions before 1.23.7 can consume excessive CPU while decoding crafted HEIF images that repeatedly trigger decoding of large image content. An attacker needs to supply a malicious HEIF file to an application or service that decodes untrusted HEIF input, potentially delaying or exhausting available CPU resources.
mitigation
Upgrade libheif to version 1.23.7 or later. Until upgrades are complete, restrict or isolate processing of untrusted HEIF files and apply resource limits to decoding workloads.
fixed in 1.23.7
outcome
No artifact: an exploit or check was attempted but could not be produced at this moment.
source signals
Public signals that triggered or updated the pipeline. These are inputs for the deltas above.
- 2026-10-26 11:51Zghsa: trigger signal, started the run
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{ "etk_id": "ETK-2026-2690", "cve_id": null, "display_id": "ETK-2026-2690", "ghsa_id": "GHSA-48p4-gj45-w9v6", "euvd_id": null, "status": "published", "anchor_state": "awaiting_cve", "title": "CPU exhaustion in libheif HEIF decoding", "summary": "libheif versions before 1.23.7 can consume excessive CPU while decoding crafted HEIF images that repeatedly trigger decoding of large image content. An attacker needs to supply a malicious HEIF file to an application or service that decodes untrusted HEIF input, potentially delaying or exhausting available CPU resources.", "mitigation": "Upgrade libheif to version 1.23.7 or later. Until upgrades are complete, restrict or isolate processing of untrusted HEIF files and apply resource limits to decoding workloads.", "vendor": "other", "product": "libheif", "affected": [ { "affected_notes": [], "affected_ranges": [ ">= 1.0.0, < 1.23.7" ], "ecosystem": "other", "fixed_versions": [ "1.23.7" ], "package_name": "libheif", "purl": null } ], "cwes": [ 400 ], "cvss_score": 7.5, "cvss_src": "cna_vendor", "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "epss_score": null, "epss_percentile": null, "epss_asof": null, "automation": "deterministic", "check": false, "check_confidence_basis": null, "exploit": false, "pipeline_minutes": 28.059442, "t0_at": null, "signals": { "trigger_signal": { "at": "2026-10-26T11:51:11+00:00", "days": -0.5799848277546297, "is_lower_bound": true, "measured_at": "2026-10-27T01:46:21.717635+00:00", "url": "https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/advisories/GHSA-48p4-gj45-w9v6" } } }
published 2026-10-26 20:40Z
last change 2026-10-27 01:41Z
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