Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Mar 25, 2026· Updated Apr 21, 2026

CVE-2026-33809

Description

A maliciously crafted TIFF file can cause image decoding to attempt to allocate up 4GiB of memory, causing either excessive resource consumption or an out-of-memory error.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
golang.org/x/imageGo	< 0.38.0	0.38.0

Affected products

Golang/Tiff
cpe:2.3:a:golang:tiff:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
Range: <0.38.0

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-44p7-9xx4-hf2gghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33809ghsaADVISORY
pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4815nvdVendor AdvisoryWEB
cs.opensource.google/go/x/imageghsaPACKAGE
go.dev/cl/757660nvdMailing ListWEB
go.dev/issue/78267nvdIssue TrackingWEB

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