Uncontrolled Recursion in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-33902
Published: April 14, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU125881
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-33902
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ImageMagick.org
Affected software:
ImageMagick
ImageMagick
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion in the FX expression parser when parsing deeply nested expressions. A remote attacker can provide a deeply nested expression to cause a denial of service.
User interaction is required to process the crafted expression.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-33902
Install security update from vendor's website.