CVE-2026-25971 — Uncontrolled Recursion in Imagemagick

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled RecursionCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-606 — Unchecked Input for Loop Condition7 documents6 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
ImagemagickDebian Imagemagick
Timeline
PublishedFeb 24
Latest updateMar 12

Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, Magick fails to check for circular references between two MSLs, leading to a stack overflow. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/imagemagick< imagemagick 8:7.1.2.15+dfsg1-1 (forky)
▶NVDimagemagick/imagemagick7.0.0-0 — 7.1.2-15+1
▶Debianimagemagick/imagemagick< 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u6+1
▶CVEListV5imagemagick/imagemagick>= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-15

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
ImageMagick: MSL - Stack overflow in ProcessMSLScript↗2026-03-12
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GHSA
ImageMagick: MSL - Stack overflow in ProcessMSLScript↗2026-03-12
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OSV
CVE-2026-25971: ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images↗2026-02-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via circular references in MSL files↗2026-02-24
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Debian
CVE-2026-25971: imagemagick - ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating d...↗2026
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-25971 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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