CVE-2026-7580Exiftool JPEG/QuickTime/MOV/MP4 GM.pm Process_mrld code injection
- 4.8MediumCVSS base score
- 0.18%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 92% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A vulnerability was detected in Exiftool up to 13.53. Impacted is the function Process_mrld of the file lib/Image/ExifTool/GM.pm of the component JPEG/QuickTime/MOV/MP4. The manipulation of the argument -ee results in code injection. Attacking locally is a requirement. Upgrading to version 13.54 is recommended to address this issue. The patch is identified as 5a8b6b6ead12b39e3f32f978a4efd0233facbb01. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component. The fix in the source code mentions: "[J]ust to be safe, probably never happen".
Timeline
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Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium4.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Low1.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.18% · top 92% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.8.
Affected products
Exiftool
- affected 13.0
- affected 13.1
- affected 13.2
- affected 13.3
- affected 13.4
- affected 13.5
- affected 13.6
- affected 13.7
- affected 13.8
- affected 13.9
- affected 13.10
- affected 13.11
- affected 13.12
- affected 13.13
- affected 13.14
- affected 13.15
- affected 13.16
- affected 13.17
- affected 13.18
- affected 13.19
- affected 13.20
- affected 13.21
- affected 13.22
- affected 13.23
- affected 13.24
- affected 13.25
- affected 13.26
- affected 13.27
- affected 13.28
- affected 13.29
- affected 13.30
- affected 13.31
- affected 13.32
- affected 13.33
- affected 13.34
- affected 13.35
- affected 13.36
- affected 13.37
- affected 13.38
- affected 13.39
- and 15 more
References
References8
- VDB-360421 | Exiftool JPEG/QuickTime/MOV/MP4 GM.pm Process_mrld code injection (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-360421 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #800049 | Exiftool Project Exiftool Before 13.54 Code Injection (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://youtu.be/WktMPapQxlM (opens in a new tab)media-coverage
- https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/commit/5a8b6b6ead12b39e3f32f978a4efd0233facbb01#diff-5a95c56c6f98f0aa538233fd81bb9967154f3e9ebd4126a98dfb126c4c5629a4 (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/commit/5a8b6b6ead12b39e3f32f978a4efd0233facbb01 (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/releases/tag/13.54 (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/ (opens in a new tab)product
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-26500 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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