Denial of service in ImageMagick via crafted XMP profile
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.
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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
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ImageMagick | ImageMagick | before 7.1.2-30 | 7.1.2-30 | Patch available | CNA |
| ImageMagick | ImageMagick | before 6.9.13-55 | 6.9.13-55 | Patch available | CNA |
- 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.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-08 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-105825
- 2026-10-08 Alias added: GHSA-jv29-5vvh-r35h
- 2026-10-08 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-08 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-09 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-09 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
More ImageMagick vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-105825 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-105825 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jv29-5vvh-r35h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-105825 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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