CVE-2026-46522ImageMagick: Infinite Loop in the MIFF decoder can lead to CPU exhaustion
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 1.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 21% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2.23 and 6.9.13-48, due to a missing check in the MIFF decoder, a crafted file could cause an infinite loop resulting in CPU exhaustion. Versions 7.1.2.23 and 6.9.13-48 fix the issue.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- ImageMagick - Infinite Loop in the MIFF decoder can lead to CPU exhaustion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 52595local, multiplepublished 29 May 2026Not verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 27 days later
· 27 days later
Published
- 35 days later
· 35 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| redhat-SADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
- affected < 7.1.2-23
- affected < 6.9.13-48
Affected packages
Affected packages18
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q16-AnyCPUGHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPUGHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q16-arm64GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q16-x64GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q16-x86GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q8-AnyCPUGHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q8-arm64GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q8-x64GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetMagick.NET-Q8-x86GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
References
References5
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46522 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2487730 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-46522.json (opens in a new tab)x_sadp-csaf-vex
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:32961 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-36162 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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