CVE-2026-25971

9.8 criticalEPSS 0.2%

Critical (9.8) in imagemagick imagemagick. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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, Magick fails to check for circular references between two MSLs, leading to a stack overflow. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 15% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-787, CWE-674
Published: 2026-02-24
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

imagemagick:imagemagick

References

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-8mpr-6xr2-chhc

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