What is "libpng"?

LIBPNG: Portable Network Graphics support, official libpng repository

How to use this package

Quick install

Installs the package into the current environment for this session. Use --build or --runtime to persist it as a build-time or runtime dependency.

min add libpng

Declare as a task dependency in minimal.toml

Listing the package under tasks.<name>.packages makes it available inside that task’s sandbox.

[tasks.dev]
packages = ["libpng"]

Build-time vs runtime

Choose build-time for tools needed during compilation, runtime for dynamic libraries loaded at runtime.

min add --build libpng
min add --runtime libpng

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Dependencies (5)

Dependencies
Name	Version	Kind
base	—	build
glibc	2.44	runtime
make	4.4.1	build
toolchain	—	build
zlib CVE:1	1.3.2	runtime

Dependency changes

Dependants (26)

Dependants
Name	Version
cairo	1.18.4
freetype	2.14.3
ghostscript	10.08.0
graphviz	15.1.1
icedtea-7	2.6.13
libgd	2.3.3
libvips	8.18.6
libwebp	1.6.0
openjdk-10	10+46
openjdk-11	11.0.22
openjdk-12	12+33
openjdk-13	13.0.14
openjdk-14	14.0.2
openjdk-15	15.0.10
openjdk-16	16.0.2
openjdk-17	17.0.10
openjdk-18	18.0.2.1
openjdk-19	19.0.2
openjdk-20	20.0.2
openjdk-21	21.0.2
openjdk-22	22.0.2
openjdk-23	23.0.2
openjdk-24	24.0.1
openjdk-25	25.0.2
openjdk-9	9+181
openjpeg CVE:1	2.5.4

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Showing 2 advisories, 1 of which is transitive via libpng's dependencies

Security advisories for this package
	Status	IDs	Package	Version	Severity	Published
Critical (0)
High (1)
	Status	IDs	Package	Version	Severity	Published
	Affected: 1.3.2	CVE-2026-85091	zlib	1.3.2	High	last month
Summary zlib 1.3.1.2 through 1.3.2 Heap Buffer Overflow via gz_vacate Via zlib Affected ranges 1.3.2 References Advisory: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/85xxx/CVE-2026-85091.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85091, https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zlib-1.3.1.2-through-1.3.2-heap-buffer-overflow-via-gz-vacate Evidence: https://gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/e0b9481792afb7c31e86fee1ff084490 PACKAGE: https://github.com/madler/zlib ARTICLE: https://github.com/madler/zlib/blob/v1.3.2/gzwrite.c#L393
Medium (1)
	Status	IDs	Package	Version	Severity	Published
	Under investigation	GHSA-c4v6-gxrq-6g2x CVE-2026-40930	libpng	1.6.53 – 1.6.59	Medium: 5.4	4 months ago
Summary LIBPNG: Chunk smuggling in push-mode APNG parser via unconsumed chunk body Affected ranges 1.6.53 – 1.6.59 CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L References Advisory: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/40xxx/CVE-2026-40930.json, https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/security/advisories/GHSA-c4v6-gxrq-6g2x, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40930 Fix: https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/faf06924688b62d7c1654b5ceddedbde66ffadb4 Web: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/15/21
Low (0)
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Unknown (0)
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Build provenance

For the signed record of what the build used, see the Provenance tab.

46 components

Software Bill of Materials — every package this build depends on
Packages	Version	Repository	License
libpngROOT	1.6.59	github.com/pnggroup/libpng	libpng-2.0
acl	2.4.0	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/acl-2.4.0.tar.xzMIRROR	(GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
attr	2.6.0	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/attr-2.6.0.tar.gzMIRROR	(GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
bash	5.3	www.gnu.org/software/bash	GPL-3.0-only
bash-bootstrap	5.3	www.gnu.org/software/bash	GPL-3.0-only
binutils	2.47	www.gnu.org/software/binutils	(GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.0-only)
bison	3.8.2	www.gnu.org/software/bison	GPL-3.0-only
bzip2	1.0.8	github.com/libarchive/bzip2	bzip2-1.0.6
coreutils	9.12	www.gnu.org/software/coreutils	GPL-3.0-only
diffutils	3.12	www.gnu.org/software/diffutils	GPL-3.0-only
expat	2.9.0	github.com/libexpat/libexpat	MIT
file	5.48	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/file-5.48.tar.gzMIRROR	BSD-2-Clause-Darwin
findutils	4.11.0	www.gnu.org/software/findutils	GPL-3.0-only
flex	2.6.4	github.com/westes/flex	BSD-3-Clause-flex
gawk	5.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/gawk	GPL-3.0-only
gawk-bootstrap	5.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/gawk	GPL-3.0-only
gcc	15.2.0	www.gnu.org/software/gcc	(GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
gdbm	1.26	www.gnu.org/software/gdbm	GPL-3.0-only
glibc	2.44	www.gnu.org/software/glibc	(GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
gmp	6.3.0	www.gnu.org/software/gmp	LGPL-3.0-or-later OR GPL-2.0-or-later
grep	3.12	www.gnu.org/software/grep	GPL-3.0-only
gzip	1.15	www.gnu.org/software/gzip	GPL-3.0-only
libcap	2.78	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/libcap-2.78.tar.xzMIRROR	BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only
libffi	3.8.0	github.com/libffi/libffi	MIT
linux_headers	6.12.43	github.com/torvalds/linux	GPL-2.0-only WITH Linux-syscall-note
lz4	1.10.0	github.com/lz4/lz4	BSD-2-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later
m4	1.4.21	www.gnu.org/software/m4	GPL-3.0-only
make	4.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/make	GPL-3.0-only
mpc	1.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/mpc	LGPL-3.0-or-later
mpfr	4.2.2	www.gnu.org/software/mpfr	GPL-3.0-only
ncurses	6.6	www.gnu.org/software/ncurses	X11-distribute-modifications-variant
openssl	3.6.5	github.com/openssl/openssl	Apache-2.0
patch	2.8	www.gnu.org/software/patch	GPL-3.0-only
pcre2	10.49	github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2	BSD-3-Clause WITH PCRE2-exception
perl	5.44.0	github.com/Perl/perl5	Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later
pkgconf	3.0.5	github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf	ISC
python	3.14.8	github.com/python/cpython	Python-2.0.1
readline	8.3	www.gnu.org/software/readline	GPL-3.0-only
sed	4.10	www.gnu.org/software/sed	GPL-3.0-only
sqlite	3.54.0	github.com/sqlite/sqlite	blessing
tar	1.35	www.gnu.org/software/tar	GPL-3.0-only
tzdata	2026e	github.com/eggert/tz	LicenseRef-Public-Domain
util-linux	2.42.4	github.com/util-linux/util-linux	GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSD-3-Clause
xz	5.8.4	github.com/tukaani-project/xz	(0BSD AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
zlib	1.3.2	github.com/madler/zlib	Zlib
zstd	1.5.7	github.com/facebook/zstd	BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only

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What is "libpng"?

How to use this package

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Declare as a task dependency in minimal.toml

Build-time vs runtime

Dependencies (5)

Dependency changes

Dependants (26)

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