Imagemagick CVE-2026-28686

MEDIUM

Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)

2026-03-10 security-advisories@github.com

GHSA-467j-76j7-5885

Buffer Overflow Red Hat Imagemagick Suse

6.8

CVSS 3.1 · GitHub Advisory

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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness	CWE CWE-122 OWASP Top 10:2025 A06:2021 - Vulnerable and Outdated Components ASVS 5.0 V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Heap buffer bounds checking MITRE ATT&CK 1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. Sign in to read
Impact	Severity: Medium (6.8/10.0) Very low exploitation probability (EPSS: 0.00013, 2.0th percentile) Local attack vector — requires local access or user interaction to exploit
Exploit ScenarioDerived	An attacker with local access to the system can exploit this vulnerability.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).

Patch available 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Mar 12, 2026

Medium severity vulnerability in ImageMagick. A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the PCL encode due to an undersized output buffer allocation.

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Security advisories:

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-467j-76j7-5885

Affected Packages

nuget magick.net-q16-anycpu fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q16-arm64 fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q16-hdri-arm64 fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm64 fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-x64 fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q16-hdri-x64 fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q16-hdri-x86 fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q16-openmp-arm64 fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q16-openmp-x64 fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q16-openmp-x86 fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q16-x64 fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q16-x86 fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q8-anycpu fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q8-arm64 fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q8-openmp-arm64 fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q8-openmp-x64 fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q8-x64 fix: 14.10.4

nuget magick.net-q8-x86 fix: 14.10.4

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 19 packages in nuget

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Vulnerability Type: Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) CVSS 3.1: 6.8/10.0 — Attack Vector: Local | Complexity: Low | Privileges Required: None | User Interaction: None Attack Techniques: Buffer Overflow Source: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick Buffer overflow conditions can lead to memory corruption, potentially allowing code execution or causing crashes.

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Severity by source

GitHub Advisory PRIMARY 6.8 MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

SUSE MEDIUM

Red Hat 6.8 MEDIUM

Primary rating from GitHub Advisory.

CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

2

Patch released

Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd

Patch available

CVE Published

Mar 10, 2026 - 07:43 nvd

MEDIUM 6.8

DescriptionGitHub Advisory

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, A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the PCL encode due to an undersized output buffer allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41.

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Why It Matters

Organizations using ImageMagick should be aware of notable risk from CVE-2026-28686, a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability rated CVSS 6.8. Exploitation could cause memory corruption or application crashes. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and monitor for exploitation.

Business Impact: Moderate

Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: enable ASLR/DEP, apply network segmentation.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score

0.0%

Top 98% exploitable

Data Quality

5 sources

Confidence: Medium

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EPSS Vendor

GitHub

VulDB

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue

Severity MEDIUM

CISA KEV No

Public POC No

EPSS 0.0%

Patch available Yes

Active threat No

Deciding rule

MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)

What every action level means

Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.

Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

Exploitation· derived

None

System Exposure· derived

Small

Automatable· derived

No

Priority Score

34

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: 0

EPSS: 0

CVSS: +34

PoC: 0

Weaponized: 0

Threat intel: 0

Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Buffer Overflow HIGH

A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.

Affected Products (CPE)GitHub Advisory

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Severity: Medium

Product	Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7	Fixed
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS	Fixed

References

Advisories & patches

ADVISORY https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-467j-76j7-5885 ADVISORY https://vuldb.com/?id.349867 ADVISORY https://www.suse.com/support/update/SUSE-SU-2026:1201/ ADVISORY https://www.suse.com/support/update/SUSE-SU-2026:1202/ ADVISORY https://www.suse.com/support/update/SUSE-SU-2026:1203/ ADVISORY https://www.suse.com/support/update/SUSE-SU-2026:20917/

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