CVE-2026-23874 — Infinite Loop in Imagemagick

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop8 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Imagemagick
Timeline
PublishedJan 20
Latest updateJan 21

Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Versions prior to 7.1.2-13 have a stack overflow via infinite recursion in MSL (Magick Scripting Language) `` command when writing to MSL format. Version 7.1.2-13 fixes the issue.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5imagemagick/imagemagick< 7.1.2-13
▶NVDimagemagick/imagemagick< 7.1.2-13
▶Debianimagemagick/imagemagick< 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u9+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
ImageMagick MSL: Stack overflow via infinite recursion in ProcessMSLScript↗2026-01-21
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OSV
ImageMagick MSL: Stack overflow via infinite recursion in ProcessMSLScript↗2026-01-21
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CVEList
ImageMagick's MSL: Stack overflow via infinite recursion in ProcessMSLScript↗2026-01-20
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OSV
CVE-2026-23874: ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images↗2026-01-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via infinite recursion in MSL <write> command↗2026-01-20
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Debian
CVE-2026-23874: imagemagick - ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating d...↗2026
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-23874 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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