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Denial of service in ImageMagick via crafted XMP profile

Priority LOW 36CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

ImageMagick before 6.9.13-55 and 7.x before 7.1.2-30 is affected. A crafted XMP profile causes the process to terminate instead of raising an exception, classified as uncontrolled resource consumption (CWE-400). A remote attacker without privileges or user interaction can supply images with malicious XMP profiles to crash applications that process them with ImageMagick, affecting availability.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

ImageMagick before 6.9.13-55 and 7.x before 7.1.2-30 contains a denial of service vulnerability in its handling of XMP profiles, where a crafted profile terminates the process instead of raising an exception. Attackers can supply images with malicious XMP profiles to crash applications that process them using ImageMagick.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00304 21st percentileScored 2026-10-09
Fix Partial ImageMagick (ImageMagick): 7.1.2-30, 6.9.13-55Red Hat: 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ImageMagickImageMagickbefore 7.1.2-307.1.2-30Patch availableCNA
ImageMagickImageMagickbefore 6.9.13-556.9.13-55Patch availableCNA
  • ImageMagick VendorImageMagick Affected before 7.1.2-30 Fixed in 7.1.2-30 Patch available CNA
  • ImageMagick VendorImageMagick Affected before 6.9.13-55 Fixed in 6.9.13-55 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——ImageMagick
  • cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·ImageMagick

Remediation

Upgrade ImageMagick 7.x to 7.1.2-30 and ImageMagick 6.x to 6.9.13-55. Red Hat lists Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 as affected with no fix planned and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 as affected with no fix available.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

  • Fix · CNA ImageMagick (ImageMagick) Fixed in 7.1.2-30
  • Fix · CNA ImageMagick (ImageMagick) Fixed in 6.9.13-55

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    ImageMagick 6.9.13-55, 7.1.2-30

    4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-69532 Uncontrolled recursion in ImageMagick CALS decoder crashes processPriority LOW 36
    • TI-2026-69531 ImageMagick MAT decoder bypasses temporary file size policyPriority LOW 36
    • TI-2026-69529 Use-after-free in ImageMagick RSVG decoder without Cairo supportPriority LOW 35

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-08 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-105825
  2. 2026-10-08 Alias added: GHSA-jv29-5vvh-r35h
  3. 2026-10-08 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  4. 2026-10-08 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  5. 2026-10-09 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  6. 2026-10-09 CVSS score added · Red Hat

References

  • TI-2016-03144 The (1) EPHEMERAL, (2) HTTPS, (3) MVG, (4) MSL, (5) TEXT, (6) SHOW, (7) WIN, and (8) PLT… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2023-16996 Improper input validation in ImageMagick CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-03148 The (1) HTTP and (2) FTP coders in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2016-03145 The EPHEMERAL coder in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1 allows remote… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2025-35690 ImageMagick BlobStream Forward-Seek Under-Allocation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-33094 ImageMagick has Stack Buffer Overflow in image.c CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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