CVE-2026-26066 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Imagemagick

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-835 — Infinite Loop10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
CNA6.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Imagemagick
Timeline
PublishedFeb 24
Latest updateMar 30

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, a crafted profile contain invalid IPTC data may cause an infinite loop when writing it with `IPTCTEXT`. 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:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5imagemagick/imagemagick< 6.9.13-40+1
▶NVDimagemagick/imagemagick7.0.0-0 — 7.1.2-15+1
▶Debianimagemagick/imagemagick< 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u10+3
▶Ubuntuimagemagick/imagemagick< 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm20+5

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
OSV
imagemagick vulnerabilities↗2026-03-30
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OSV
ImageMagick has infinite loop when writing IPTCTEXT leads to denial of service via crafted profile↗2026-02-24
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GHSA
ImageMagick has infinite loop when writing IPTCTEXT leads to denial of service via crafted profile↗2026-02-24
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OSV
CVE-2026-26066: ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images↗2026-02-24
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CVEList
ImageMagick has infinite loop when writing IPTCTEXT leads to denial of service via crafted profile↗2026-02-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
ImageMagick vulnerabilities↗2026-03-30
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Red Hat
ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via crafted IPTC data↗2026-02-24
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Debian
CVE-2026-26066: imagemagick - ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating d...↗2026
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-26066 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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