Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU121672

Memory leak in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-56364

Published: January 20, 2026 / Updated: September 14, 2026

Vulnerability identifier: #VU121672

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 1.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-56364

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in the "LoadOpenCLDeviceBenchmark()" function in MagickCore/opencl.c. A local administrator can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

Affected software

ImageMagick
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Desktop Applications Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10
ImageMagick-extra
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo
perl-PerlMagick
ImageMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo
ImageMagick-doc
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
ImageMagick-debugsource
libMagick++-devel
ImageMagick
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5
ImageMagick-devel
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
ImageMagick-devel-32bit
libMagick++-devel-32bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-devel-64bit
ImageMagick-devel-64bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure
imagemagick (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-56364

Install updates from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - update to 7.1.2-13
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-extra - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
perl-PerlMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-doc - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagick++-devel - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
ImageMagick-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
ImageMagick-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
imagemagick (Debian package) - update to 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u11

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

Exploit #12319 - Memory Leak in LoadOpenCLDeviceBenchmark() when parsing malformed XML (January 20, 2026)

External References

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-qp59-x883-77qv/#poc