ETK-2026-2854Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.
waiting for further signalsZero needs more public information before it can validate it.description
libheif 1.23.6 is affected by a heap use-after-free race when decoding crafted HEIF images with derived tiles in parallel. An attacker who can cause an application or service to process an untrusted image may crash the image-processing worker or cause heap corruption; the affected path uses default parallel tile decoding.
mitigation
Upgrade libheif to version 1.23.7. Until upgrading, disable parallel tile decoding by setting the maximum decoding threads to 0.
fixed in 1.23.7
outcome
Contextual, not validated: no deterministic check could cover this one, and no technique passed our review.
source signals
Public signals that triggered or updated the pipeline. These are inputs for the deltas above.
- 2026-10-26 11:54Zghsa: trigger signal, started the run
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{ "etk_id": "ETK-2026-2854", "cve_id": null, "display_id": "ETK-2026-2854", "ghsa_id": "GHSA-35mc-3887-rr37", "euvd_id": null, "status": "published", "anchor_state": "awaiting_cve", "title": "Heap use-after-free in libheif parallel tile decoding", "summary": "libheif 1.23.6 is affected by a heap use-after-free race when decoding crafted HEIF images with derived tiles in parallel. An attacker who can cause an application or service to process an untrusted image may crash the image-processing worker or cause heap corruption; the affected path uses default parallel tile decoding.", "mitigation": "Upgrade libheif to version 1.23.7. Until upgrading, disable parallel tile decoding by setting the maximum decoding threads to 0.", "vendor": "other", "product": "libheif", "affected": [ { "affected_notes": [], "affected_ranges": [ "= 1.23.6" ], "ecosystem": "other", "fixed_versions": [ "1.23.7" ], "package_name": "libheif", "purl": null } ], "cwes": [ 362 ], "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": "contextual", "check": false, "check_confidence_basis": null, "exploit": false, "pipeline_minutes": 39.81396013333333, "t0_at": null, "signals": { "trigger_signal": { "at": "2026-10-26T11:54:11+00:00", "days": -2.1077483130324075, "is_lower_bound": true, "measured_at": "2026-10-28T14:29:20.483280+00:00", "url": "https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/advisories/GHSA-35mc-3887-rr37" } } }
published 2026-10-28 10:24Z
last change 2026-10-28 13:57Z
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