CVE-2026-107704: jtescher image_optimizer

image_optimizer 1.3.0 through 1.9.0 OS Command Injection via identify_format

CVSS 9.3 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.020 · 81st percentile

Critical, because:

CVSS score 9.3: 9.0 or more.

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: VulnCheck) at 8 Oct 2026, 18:36 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
jtescher	image_optimizer https://rubygems.org/gems/image_optimizer pkg:gem/image_optimizer	affected 1.3.0 to 1.9.0, inclusive semver Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers

CVE-2026-107704

CNA

VulnCheck

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-78

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
9.3	Critical	4.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	CNA (VulnCheck)Used for this record
9.8	Critical	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (VulnCheck)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.020, the 81st percentile, on 10 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 8 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

gist.github.com/R3tro16/a99a058d24a06692721a6a3fade9649d third-party-advisory
github.com/jtescher/image_optimizer/blob/v1.9.0/lib/image_optimizer.rb#L37-L47 technical-description
github.com/jtescher/image_optimizer/blob/v1.9.0/lib/image_optimizer/shell.rb#L30-L32 technical-description
github.com/jtescher/image_optimizer product
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/image-optimizer-1.3.0-through-1.9.0-os-command-injection-via-identify-format third-party-advisory

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.