Vulnerability · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-111129Assimp through 6.0.5 NULL Pointer Dereference via Ogre Animation Track
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity null pointer dereference in assimp from assimp. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Open Asset Import Library (assimp) through 6.0.5 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Ogre3D binary mesh importer's OgreBinarySerializer::ReadAnimationKeyFrames() handling of unvalidated animation track targets. Attackers can supply a crafted .mesh file with a morph animation track targeting a missing submesh or absent shared geometry to crash the host process.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | assimp | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111129 |
| Debian:13 | assimp | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111129 |
| Debian:14 | assimp | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111129 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | assimp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-111129 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | assimp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-111129 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | assimp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-111129 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | assimp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-111129 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/assimp-ogre-mesh-bone-submesh-null-deref technical-description
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/blob/392a658f9c271be965271f45e7521a1b80ea4392/code/AssetLib/Ogre/OgreBinarySerializer.cpp#L688-L704 technical-description
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/blob/392a658f9c271be965271f45e7521a1b80ea4392/code/AssetLib/Ogre/OgreStructs.cpp#L839-L846 technical-description
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp product
- VulnCheck Advisory: Assimp through 6.0.5 NULL Pointer Dereference via Ogre Animation Track third-party-advisory