CVE-2026-109262 ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 Memory Leak in SVG Encoder
Attackers can cause denial of service via memory leak in ImageMagick's SVG encoder by supplying crafted image files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-109262?
CVE-2026-109262 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 SVG encoder (WriteSVGImage) that fails to release allocated memory when handling crafted images. Attackers can supply crafted image files that are processed by the SVG encoder to leak memory and cause a denial of service through resource consumption.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-109262?
How do I fix CVE-2026-109262?
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-2026-109262 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-109262 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-109262, ECHO-9853-0b40-0962, GHSA-w288-jj5x-hhvp, GHSA-w755-6q7g-rjrx, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-109262.