libpng 1.6.55 - February 9, 2026
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This is a public release of libpng, intended for use in production code.


Files available for download
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Source files:

 * libpng-1.6.55.tar.xz (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
 * libpng-1.6.55.tar.gz (deflate-compressed)
 * lpng1655.7z (LZMA-compressed)
 * lpng1655.zip (deflate-compressed)

Other information:

 * README.md
 * LICENSE.md
 * AUTHORS.md
 * TRADEMARK.md


Changes from version 1.6.54 to version 1.6.55
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 * Fixed CVE-2026-25646 (high severity):
   Heap buffer overflow in `png_set_quantize`.
   (Reported and fixed by Joshua Inscoe.)
 * Resolved an oss-fuzz build issue involving nalloc.
   (Contributed by Philippe Antoine.)

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