CVE-2026-62946
A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in ImageMagick to conduct a denial of service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability allows a local attacker to conduct a denial of service attack.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of ImageMagick.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency as exploitation is possible but requires local access.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of ImageMagick.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.13% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 3% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (3)
- medium[NEW] [medium] ImageMagick: Vulnerability allows denial of servicecert-bund · 2026-07-31
- mediumCVE-2026-62946: ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images.…nvd · 2026-07-30
- mediumGHSA-h22j-f9xw-xjjm: ImageMagick: Integer Overflow in JNX decoder causes heap buffer over-write when processin…ghsa · 2026-07-24
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