ALPINE-CVE-2026-22801
LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. From 1.6.26 to 1.6.53, there is an integer truncation in the libpng simplified write API functions png_write_image_16bit and png_write_image_8bit causes heap buffer over-read when the caller provides a negative row stride (for bottom-up image layouts) or a stride exceeding 65535 bytes. The bug was introduced in libpng 1.6.26 (October 2016) by casts added to silence compiler warnings on 16-bit systems. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.54.
ALPINE-CVE-2026-22801
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:ALPINE-CVE-2026-22801
libpng
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 1.6.54-r0
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
libpng
Source reference: /affected/1/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 1.6.54-r0
Source reference:
/affected/1/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
libpng
Source reference: /affected/2/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 1.6.54-r0
Source reference:
/affected/2/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
libpng
Source reference: /affected/3/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 1.6.54-r0
Source reference:
/affected/3/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
libpng
Source reference: /affected/4/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 1.6.54-r0
Source reference:
/affected/4/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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]Publisher severity
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