CVE-2026-109260 ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 Memory Leak in PNG Encoder
Attackers can cause denial of service by exhausting memory through repeated PNG encoding failures 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-2026-109260?
CVE-2026-109260 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in ImageMagick, published on 12 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a memory leak in the PNG encoder, which does not release allocated memory when libpng initialization fails. Attackers who can repeatedly trigger PNG encoding operations in which libpng initialization fails can exhaust memory and cause a denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-109260?
How do I fix CVE-2026-109260?
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-2026-109260 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-109260 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-109260, ECHO-1ca3-31b8-8254, GHSA-hvwf-wmm6-hvc3, GHSA-mhfm-6gqw-qjff, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-109260.