sharp inherited vulnerabilities in libvips: CVE-2026-33327, CVE-2026-33328, CVE-2026-35590, CVE-2026-35591
Impact
A number of vulnerabilities, two rated as "High" severity using CVSSv4, have been discovered and fixed in the upstream libvips dependency.
Those processing untrusted input with versions of sharp prior to 0.35.0 are affected.
Patches
Using prebuilt binaries provided by sharp?
Most people rely on the prebuilt binaries provided by sharp.
Please upgrade sharp to the latest version, currently 0.35.3, which provides libvips 8.18.3.
Using a globally-installed libvips?
Please ensure you are using the latest libvips 8.18.3.
Workarounds
Add the following to your code to prevent sharp from decoding GIF, TIFF and VIPS images.
sharp.block({ operation: ["VipsForeignLoadNsgif", "VipsForeignLoadTiff", "VipsForeignLoadVips"] });Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | sharp | < 0.35.0 | 0.35.0 |
References
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/security/advisories/GHSA-2fcj-gj27-279x
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/security/advisories/GHSA-523x-vhfw-6r76
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/security/advisories/GHSA-jmwm-wc68-mhwm
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/security/advisories/GHSA-r98w-4fp7-m9c7
- https://github.com/lovell/sharp/security/advisories/GHSA-f88m-g3jw-g9cj
- https://github.com/lovell/sharp
- CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1395- Platform
- npm
- Package
sharp- Disclosed
- 21.07.2026
- Updated
- 21.10.2026 14:17
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-f88m-g3jw-g9cj - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: sharp
All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 5
- First → latest
- 06.2022 10.2026
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- High 4
- Medium 1
Disclosures per year
- 2022: 1
- 2023: 1
- 2024: 0
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 3
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sharp inherited vulnerabilities in libvips: CVE-2026-33327, CVE-2026-33328, CVE-2026-35590, CVE-2026-35591 this entry
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