CVE-2026-49218: imagemagick Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-49218 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 7Timeline
- 10-06-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-07-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-24, a missing check in the DCM decoder could result in an image with invalid dimensions and that could cause crashes in other operation. This issue has been patched in versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-24.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · NugetEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.63%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
49%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.28 pp
From 0.35% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationThe product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
- CWE-1284Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in InputThe product receives input that is expected to specify a quantity (such as size or length), but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the quantity has the required properties.
Affected systems
NuGet17 products
- magick.net-q16-anycpu< 14.14.0
- Magick.NET-Q16-arm64< 14.14.0
- magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu< 14.14.0
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64< 14.14.0
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64< 14.14.0
Debian1 product
- imagemagick< 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u11 | < 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u10 | < 8:7.1.2.24+dfsg1-1
Imagemagick1 product
- imagemagick< 7.1.2-24 | < 6.9.13-48 | ≥ 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-24
Ubuntu1 product
- imagemagickAll versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 20 products
References
11 links- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-8pj9-6897-74xcX Refsource CONFIRMREPORTWEBVendor Advisory
