Vulnerability in gdk-pixbuf (ALPINE-CVE-2021-44648)

Summary

Vulnerability in gdk-pixbuf (ALPINE-CVE-2021-44648). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 2.42.8-r0 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

GNOME gdk-pixbuf 2.42.6 is vulnerable to a heap-buffer overflow vulnerability when decoding the lzw compressed stream of image data in GIF files with lzw minimum code size equals to 12.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as ALPINE-CVE-2021-44648 has been found in gdk-pixbuf.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade gdk-pixbuf to 2.42.8-r0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "gdk-pixbuf ALPINE-CVE-2021-44648" on the vendor's site.

ALPINE-CVE-2021-44648 (gdk-pixbuf)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Patched: 2.42.8-r0 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in gdk-pixbuf.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of gdk-pixbuf.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 2.42.8-r0.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'gdk-pixbuf' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'gdk-pixbuf' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で gdk-pixbuf を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade gdk-pixbuf to 2.42.8-r0
```
ステージング環境で 2.42.8-r0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。