Medium 6.3Published Feb 24, 2026

CVE-2026-3102exiftool PNG File MacOS.pm SetMacOSTags os command injection

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 5:10 AM ET)

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A vulnerability was determined in exiftool up to 13.49 on macOS. This issue affects the function SetMacOSTags of the file lib/Image/ExifTool/MacOS.pm of the component PNG File Parser. This manipulation of the argument DateTimeOriginal causes os command injection. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Upgrading to version 13.50 is capable of addressing this issue. Patch name: e9609a9bcc0d32bd252a709a562fb822d6dd86f7. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

CVSS: 6.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-78, CWE-77
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulDB
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Feb 27, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

exiftool_project exiftool exiftool_project:exiftool	before 13.50	NVD

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.347528vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.347528signature, permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?submit.758146third-party-advisory, exploit, vdb-entry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akk0vmilfb4media-coverage, exploit
https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/commit/e9609a9bcc0d32bd252a709a562fb822d6dd86f7patch
https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/releases/tag/13.50patch, release-notes
https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/product

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