[UPDATE] [low] ImageMagick: Vulnerability allows Denial of Service
A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in ImageMagick to carry out a Denial of Service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability allows a local attacker to carry out a Denial of Service attack.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of ImageMagick are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is low urgency as the severity is low.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of ImageMagick.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-0191
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-534660.22% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 12% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-563640.12% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 2% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-53466 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2026-56364 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- unknownDSA-6383-1 imagemagick - security updatedebian
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] ImageMagick: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund
- mediumCVE-2026-53466: ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images.…nvd
- lowCVE-2026-56364: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-13 contains a memory leak vulnerability in LoadOpenCLDeviceBenchmark(…nvd
Recent advisories for ImageMagick
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- lowCVE-2026-56373: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-15 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the PDB decoder that us…nvd · 2026-07-10
- lowCVE-2026-56366: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-18 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the META reader when proce…nvd · 2026-07-10
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] ImageMagick: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-09
- low[UPDATE] [low] ImageMagick: Multiple vulnerabilities allow Denial of Servicecert-bund · 2026-07-09
- lowCVE-2026-56374: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-19 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the FTXT encoder …nvd · 2026-07-08
- lowCVE-2026-56362: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-15 contains a heap-buffer-overflow read vulnerability in GetPixelInde…nvd · 2026-07-08
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