Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-25985

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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-25985

Published: February 25, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU123257
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-25985
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling in the internal SVG decoder. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

ImageMagick
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
ImageMagick (Red Hat package)
imagemagick (Debian package)
ImageMagick-help
ImageMagick
ImageMagick-c++
ImageMagick-c++-devel
ImageMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick-debugsource
ImageMagick-devel
ImageMagick-perl
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo
perl-PerlMagick
ImageMagick-extra
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited
libMagick++-devel-64bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
ImageMagick-devel-64bit
ImageMagick-doc
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit
ImageMagick-devel-32bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo
libMagick++-devel
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-devel-32bit

How to mitigate CVE-2026-25985

Install updates from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.13-40, 7.1.2-15
ImageMagick (Red Hat package) - update to 6.9.10.68-13.el7_9
imagemagick (Debian package) - addressed in versions 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u8, 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u6
ImageMagick-help - addressed in versions 6.9.13.40-1, 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.13.40-1, 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-c++ - addressed in versions 6.9.13.40-1, 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-c++-devel - addressed in versions 6.9.13.40-1, 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.9.13.40-1, 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.9.13.40-1, 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 6.9.13.40-1, 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-perl - addressed in versions 6.9.13.40-1, 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
perl-PerlMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-extra - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5 - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagick++-devel-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
ImageMagick-devel-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
ImageMagick-doc - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
ImageMagick-devel-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagick++-devel - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-devel-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2

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