CVE-2026-22695: Libpng

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. From 1.6.51 to 1.6.53, there is a heap buffer over-read in the libpng simplified API function png_image_finish_read when processing interlaced 16-bit PNGs with 8-bit output format and non-minimal row stride. This is a regression introduced by the fix for CVE-2025-65018. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.54.

Affected products

• Libpng Libpng: from 1.6.51, before 1.6.54 (fixed in 1.6.54)

Published 2026-01-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.