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CVE-2026-82591

MediumCVSS 4.8 / 10
Published Aug 30, 2026·Last modified Aug 31, 2026
Affected Components(9)
assimp/assimp
6.0.1
assimp/assimp
6.0.0
assimp/assimp
6.0.2
1 / 3
Description

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.

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Risk Scores
Base Score
4.8

The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability.

Threat Intelligence
1.1

Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.

EPSS
0.17%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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