CVE-2026-106568 ImageMagick: Infinite Loop when reading a crafted XMP profile
Attackers can cause a denial of service by providing a crafted image with a malicious XMP profile, leading to an infinite loop in ImageMagick.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-106568?
CVE-2026-106568 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 7 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-32 and 6.9.13-57, a crafted XMP profile embedded in an image can cause the profile parser to enter an infinite loop, preventing image processing from completing. This issue is fixed in versions 7.1.2-32 and 6.9.13-57.
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-106568?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2026-106568?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2026-106568 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-106568 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-106568, ECHO-7a2e-cb2b-130a, GHSA-9p7q-63hw-mcr4, MINI-pm8g-r5w7-pjr3, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-106568.