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CVE-2026-109268

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  • Published2026-10-12
  • Fixed in7.1.2-32 · 6.9.13-57
  • WeaknessCWE-416

Am I affected?

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Description

ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a use after free vulnerability in the PDF writer when writing CMYK images with JPEG2000 compression. Attackers can supply a crafted CMYK image that, when written to PDF with JPEG2000 compression, causes freed memory to be reused, potentially crashing the process.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2026-10-1217:17CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 15:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Imagemagick
BranchAffectedFixed in
7.x≥ 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-327.1.2-32
6.9< 6.9.13-576.9.13-57

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA2 products

As VulnCheck, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • ImageMagickother versions: not affected
    Affected
    • ≥ 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-32fixed in 7.1.2-32custom

    Not affected = 7.1.2-32

  • ImageMagickother versions: not affected
    Affected
    • < 6.9.13-57fixed in 6.9.13-57custom

    Not affected = 6.9.13-57

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2026-10-12

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • imagemagickUbuntu:Pro:26.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • imagemagickUbuntu:Pro:24.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • imagemagickUbuntu:Pro:22.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • imagemagickUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • imagemagickUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • imagemagickUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • imagemagickUbuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • imagemagickUbuntu:26.10all versions · no fixed version listed

20 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2026-109268 Red Hat Product Security14 known affected

    ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via use-after-free in PDF writer

    ImageMagick as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · ImageMagick-c++ as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · ImageMagick-c++-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · +11 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Imagemagick to 7.1.2-32 · 6.9.13-57
  2. No fix available, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2026-109268 · 7 productsFix deferred
  3. No fix planned, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2026-109268 · 7 productsOut of support scope

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 4.0 vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/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
Published
2026-10-12
Last Modified
2026-11-03
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-5w2q-9xw9-jg4r

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-109268?

ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a use after free vulnerability in the PDF writer when writing CMYK images with JPEG2000 compression. Attackers can supply a crafted CMYK image that, when written to PDF with JPEG2000 compression, causes freed memory to be reused, potentially crashing the process.

Is CVE-2026-109268 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-109268 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.4% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-109268?

CVE-2026-109268 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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