Denial of Service Vulnerability in ImageMagick JPEG Encoder
CVE-2026-26283

6.2MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Imagemagick
Status
Imagemagick
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 February 2026

What is CVE-2026-26283?

A vulnerability in the JPEG encoder of ImageMagick allows for Denial of Service by triggering an infinite loop when the encoder fails to write persistently. This is caused by a flawed 'continue' statement in the binary search loop. An attacker can exploit this flaw using crafted image files, leading to 100% CPU consumption and causing the process to hang. It is crucial for users to upgrade to ImageMagick versions 7.1.2-15 or 6.9.13-40 or later to protect against this issue.

Affected Version(s)

ImageMagick >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-15 < 7.0.0, 7.1.2-15

ImageMagick < 6.9.13-40 < 6.9.13-40

References

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advis...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.2
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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