Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55, a crafted XMP profile can reach a recursion limit that is handled as a fatal condition instead of an ordinary exception, terminating the image-processing process. This issue is fixed in versions 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55.
Published: 2026-10-07
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability arises when ImageMagick processes a crafted XMP profile that exceeds its recursion limit. The engine treats the over-limit condition as a fatal error rather than a normal exception, causing the image-processing process to terminate. This results in a denial of service that can affect any application dependent on ImageMagick. The weakness is reflected in CWE-248, CWE-400 for uncontrolled resource consumption, and CWE-674 for uncontrolled recursion.

Affected Systems

The issue affects the ImageMagick library in all versions prior to 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55. Any system that relies on these older releases, including web servers, content management systems or other image-handling services that invoke ImageMagick, is vulnerable.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS base score of 5.3 indicates a moderate impact, while the EPSS score is not available, so the current likelihood of exploitation is uncertain. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA’s KEV catalog. The attack vector is inferred to be through the ingestion of a malicious image file containing a specially crafted XMP profile; this can be delivered locally or remotely to any service that processes user-supplied images.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 8, 2026 at 14:30 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade ImageMagick to version 7.1.2-30 or later, or 6.9.13-55 or later.
  • Disable XMP profile handling if your workflow does not require it, using ImageMagick’s command-line flags or configuration options to suppress XMP parsing.
  • Apply OS-level resource limits (e.g., ulimit, cgroups) to the image-processing process to prevent runaway recursion and protect system stability.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 8, 2026 at 14:30 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4858-1 imagemagick security update
History

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-248
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 threat_severity

Moderate

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 22:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
Vendors & Products Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55, a crafted XMP profile can reach a recursion limit that is handled as a fatal condition instead of an ordinary exception, terminating the image-processing process. This issue is fixed in versions 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55.
Title ImageMagick: Denial of service with crafted XMP profile
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-674
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

Subscriptions

Imagemagick Imagemagick
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T22:06:12.504Z

Reserved: 2026-10-07T14:34:14.814Z

Link: CVE-2026-107208

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T21:33:30.535Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-07T16:17:45.773

Modified: 2026-10-21T15:45:12.583

Link: CVE-2026-107208

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-07T15:56:11Z

Links: CVE-2026-107208 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-08T14:45:17Z

Weaknesses