7.5

CVE-2026-28691: imagemagick Unchecked Return Value

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-28691DEBIAN-CVE-2026-28691GHSA-wj8w-pjxf-9g4f
Published 09-03-2026Last modified 15-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-28691 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Unchecked Return Value vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.65%
0%100%
Low · +0.30 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 9
DSA-6169-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10386-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20405-1RHSA-2026:6713SUSE-SU-2026:0938-1SUSE-SU-2026:1201-1

Timeline

  1. 09-03-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41, an uninitialized pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the JBIG decoder due to a missing check. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.65%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

50%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.30 pp

From 0.35% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.65%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

NuGet19 products
  • magick.net-q16-anycpu< 14.10.4
  • Magick.NET-Q16-arm64< 14.10.4
  • magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu< 14.10.4
  • Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64< 14.10.4
  • Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64< 14.10.4
Debian1 product
  • imagemagick< 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u8 | < 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u7 | < 8:7.1.2.16+dfsg1-1
Imagemagick1 product
  • imagemagick≥ 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-16 | < 6.9.13-41 | ≥ 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-16
Ubuntu1 product
  • imagemagick< 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm22 | < 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm21 | < 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm13 | < 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm11 | < 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm11 | < 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm10 | All versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 22 products

References

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