CVE-2026-107208 ImageMagick: Denial of service with crafted XMP profile
Attackers can cause a denial of service in ImageMagick by submitting crafted images with malicious XMP profiles that trigger a fatal recursion limit.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-107208?
CVE-2026-107208 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 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55, a crafted XMP profile can reach a recursion limit that is handled as a fatal condition instead of an ordinary exception, terminating the image-processing process. This issue is fixed in versions 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-107208?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2026-107208?
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-2026-107208 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-107208 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-107208, ECHO-df6c-93a8-a05f, MINI-jg9p-w6g3-65jr, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-107208.