CVE-2026-56366

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CVSS 4.0

4.8 medium

EPSS

<1%p7

Published

Jul 10, 2026 (Jul 10, 2026)

Modified

Jul 14, 2026

Description

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-18 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the META reader when processing APP1JPEG input paths. Attackers can trigger this memory leak by providing specially crafted APP1JPEG image files, causing denial of service through resource exhaustion.

Vendors: imagemagick
Products: imagemagick
Weakness: CWE-401
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/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

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.2%)

In the news2 stories

USN-8739-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities

Canonical released USN-8739-1 fixing five ImageMagick flaws that could cause denial of service or arbitrary code execution.

Ubuntu security notice USN-8739-1 patches five ImageMagick vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-56366, CVE-2026-56368, CVE-2026-56371, and CVE-2026-56373 allow denial of service via crafted images on Ubuntu 14.04 through 22.04 LTS. CVE-2026-56370 affects Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and 26.04 LTS and could allow denial of service or arbitrary code execution. Users should apply the updated ImageMagick packages to affected releases.

Ubuntu Security NoticesSep 8, 18:30 UTC · 7d agoAdvisory CVE-2026-56366 CVE-2026-56368 CVE-2026-56370+2 CVEs

USN-8739-2: ImageMagick vulnerabilities

Ubuntu releases USN-8739-2, extending ImageMagick fixes for four CVEs including possible arbitrary code execution to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

USN-8739-2 provides the ImageMagick fixes from USN-8739-1 for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The flaws stem from incorrect handling of certain images that could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. The affected CVEs are CVE-2026-56366, CVE-2026-56368, CVE-2026-56371, and CVE-2026-56373.

Ubuntu Security NoticesSep 14, 18:22 UTC · 1d agoAdvisory CVE-2026-56366 CVE-2026-56368 CVE-2026-56371+1 CVEs