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).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

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

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12assimpno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-111129
Debian:13assimpno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-111129
Debian:14assimpno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-111129
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSassimpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-111129
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSassimpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-111129
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSassimpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-111129
Ubuntu:26.10assimpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-111129

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
assimp assimp 0 – through 6.0.5

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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