CVE-2026-7580 | THREATINT

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".

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-01 | Published 2026-05-01 | Updated 2026-05-01 | Assigner VulDB

MEDIUM: 4.8CVSS: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

MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

4.3AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

Problem types

Code Injection

Injection

Timeline

2026-05-01:	Advisory disclosed
2026-05-01:	VulDB entry created
2026-05-01:	VulDB entry last update

Credits

ilyass-armadin (VulDB User) reporter

VulDB CNA Team coordinator

References

vuldb.com/vuln/360421 (VDB-360421 | Exiftool JPEG/QuickTime/MOV/MP4 GM.pm Process_mrld code injection) vdb-entry technical-description

vuldb.com/vuln/360421/cti (VDB-360421 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/submit/800049 (Submit #800049 | Exiftool Project Exiftool Before 13.54 Code Injection) third-party-advisory

youtu.be/WktMPapQxlM media-coverage

github.com/...ommit/5a8b6b6ead12b39e3f32f978a4efd0233facbb01 patch

github.com/exiftool/exiftool/releases/tag/13.54 patch

github.com/exiftool/exiftool/ product

cve.org (CVE-2026-7580)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-7580)

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