Resource exhaustion in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-26066

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Resource exhaustion in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-26066

Published: February 25, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU123259
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-26066
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when writing IPTCTEXT. A local attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

ImageMagick
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
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 Server for SAP Applications 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 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
Ubuntu
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Anolis OS
imagemagick (Ubuntu package)
ImageMagick-config-6-SUSE
ImageMagick-devel
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-debuginfo
libMagick++-devel
ImageMagick-config-6-upstream
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1-debuginfo
ImageMagick-debugsource
ImageMagick-debuginfo
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1
imagemagick (Debian package)
ImageMagick-help
ImageMagick
ImageMagick-c++
ImageMagick-c++-devel
ImageMagick-perl
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10
perl-PerlMagick
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo
ImageMagick-extra
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagick++-devel-32bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo
ImageMagick-devel-32bit
ImageMagick-doc
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagick++-devel-64bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo
ImageMagick-devel-64bit
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited
ImageMagick-djvu
ImageMagick-libs

How to mitigate CVE-2026-26066

Install updates from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.13-40, 7.1.2-15
imagemagick (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm20, 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm19, 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm11, 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm9, 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm9, 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm8
ImageMagick-config-6-SUSE - update to 6.8.8.1-71.231.1
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.231.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-debuginfo - update to 6.8.8.1-71.231.1
libMagick++-devel - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.231.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-config-6-upstream - update to 6.8.8.1-71.231.1
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1-debuginfo - update to 6.8.8.1-71.231.1
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.231.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.231.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1 - update to 6.8.8.1-71.231.1
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1 - update to 6.8.8.1-71.231.1
imagemagick (Debian package) - addressed in versions 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u7, 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u6
ImageMagick-help - 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 - 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-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 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
perl-PerlMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
ImageMagick-extra - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
ImageMagick-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
ImageMagick-doc - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
ImageMagick-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
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-secure - 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
ImageMagick - update to 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-c++ - update to 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-c++-devel - update to 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-devel - update to 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-djvu - update to 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-doc - update to 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-libs - update to 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-perl - update to 7.1.2.15-1

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