Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-61869?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2026-61869. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

ImageMagick CVE-2026-61869

Q: What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-61869?

CVE-2026-61869 has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 2.1 (Low). CVSS vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

EUVD-2026-44618 LOW

Memory Leak (CWE-401)

2026-07-15 VulnCheck

GHSA-3vp3-xrm3-4fv5

Denial Of Service Imagemagick

2.1

CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulnCheck

Severity by source

Vendor (VulnCheck) PRIMARY

2.1 LOW

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

vuln.today AI

2.9 LOW

Local vector with high complexity to trigger malloc failure; no privileges needed to submit image input; availability-only, low-severity impact with no scope change.

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

4.0 AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Lifecycle Timeline

Patch available

Jul 15, 2026 - 13:03 EUVD

Analysis Generated

Jul 15, 2026 - 12:30 vuln.today

CVE Published

Jul 15, 2026 - 11:25 cve.org

LOW 2.1

DescriptionCVE.org

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 and 6.9.13-51 contains a memory leak in the MIFF encoder that occurs when a memory allocation fails during MIFF image processing, which can lead to denial of service.

AnalysisAI

Memory leak in ImageMagick's MIFF encoder (CWE-401) affects the 7.x branch before 7.1.2-26 and the 6.x branch before 6.9.13-51, enabling denial of service through resource exhaustion. When a memory allocation fails during MIFF image encoding, previously allocated buffers are not released, causing memory to accumulate across repeated processing calls. The CVSS 4.0 score of 2.1 and a local attack vector (AV:L) with high complexity (AC:H) and specific prerequisites (AT:P) signal a low-priority finding with no public exploit and no CISA KEV listing.

Technical ContextAI

ImageMagick is a widely used open-source image processing toolkit supporting hundreds of image formats. The MIFF (Magick Image File Format) is a native ImageMagick lossless format used for intermediate processing and storage. CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime) describes a class of bugs where error-handling code paths - in this case, triggered by a malloc() or equivalent allocation failure inside the MIFF encoder - fail to free previously allocated structures before returning. This creates a cumulative leak: each failed encoding attempt that goes through the affected code path retains heap memory that is never reclaimed. Both the 6.x legacy branch and the 7.x stable branch are affected, as indicated by the CPE strings cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick for each line.

RemediationAI

Upgrade to ImageMagick 7.1.2-26 or later on the 7.x branch, or to 6.9.13-51 or later on the 6.x branch; these are the vendor-confirmed fix versions per GHSA-r628-69v2-2f9c at https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-r628-69v2-2f9c. Where upgrading is not immediately feasible, disable the MIFF coder entirely via ImageMagick's policy.xml by adding the directive <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="MIFF" /> - this eliminates the vulnerable code path but will break any legitimate MIFF image processing workflows. Additionally, setting resource limits in policy.xml (e.g., <policy domain="resource" name="memory" value="256MiB" />) limits the blast radius of any memory exhaustion by capping per-process allocation, though this is a containment measure, not a fix.