GIMP, the free and open-source alternative to Photoshop, has released version 3.2.6. This stable update bundles several months' worth of patches from contributors and while it's officially a maintenance release, it closes a notably large batch of security holes, so anyone running GIMP on Windows should prioritize this update.
What's New in GIMP 3.2.6
28 security fixes. This is the headline item: GIMP 3.2.6 patches 28 CVEs, spanning CVE-2026-18301 through CVE-2026-82343, plus one issue flagged by the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-29400). The good news is that these vulnerabilities were found in GIMP's image-format plug-ins rather than in the core editor itself, but if you regularly open images from untrusted sources (downloads, email attachments, scraped web images), this update closes real attack surface and shouldn't be delayed.
Better stylus support for Wacom users. A new "rotation" dynamic input has been added for the Wacom Art Pen, letting GIMP respond to how you physically rotate the pen in your hand as you paint, useful for calligraphy-style brushes and more natural shading.
Interface polish on KDE. Dialog windows now use server-side decorations on KDE desktops instead of client-side ones, for more consistent window theming (most relevant to Linux users, but part of the same release train Windows users get their build from).
Groundwork for developers. The GIMP SDK now supports AppImage builds, giving plugin developers an official way to compile against GIMP packages. Under the hood, the minimum required GdkPixbuf version was bumped to 2.32.0, and the method GIMP uses to detect whether a plug-in has been updated now checks file creation time rather than just modification time, a small fix that avoids GIMP missing plugin updates in some edge cases.
Because 3.2.6 is a patch release rather than a feature release, it doesn't include any of the bigger changes the team is currently building for the future GIMP 3.4 line. This is purely about stability and security for the 3.2 series.
Download
GIMP 3.2.6 is available now for Windows, macOS, and Linux from the official GIMP downloads page, or via its UpdateStar listing for update tracking and version history.
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