CVE-2026-26066 PUBLISHED

ImageMagick has infinite loop when writing IPTCTEXT leads to denial of service via crafted profile

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 10.02.2026 Published: 24.02.2026 Updated: 24.02.2026

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, a crafted profile contain invalid IPTC data may cause an infinite loop when writing it with IPTCTEXT. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

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CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 6.2

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	ImageMagick
Product	ImageMagick
Versions	Version >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-15 is affected Version < 6.9.13-40 is affected

References

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-v994-63cg-9wj3

Problem Types

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE
CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') CWE