CVE-2026-53463 ImageMagick: Null Pointer Dereference in distort operation when passing incorrect arguments

What is CVE-2026-53463?

CVE-2026-53463 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 10 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 6.9.13-50 and 7.1.2-25, when passing incorrect arguments in the distort operation a null pointer deference will occur. This issue has been patched in versions 6.9.13-50 and 7.1.2-25.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-53463?

34 open source packages ship an affected version, including Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU, Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU and Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64. It affects 1 product.

Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.

How do I fix CVE-2026-53463?

Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU to 14.14.0 or later.

Is CVE-2026-53463 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-53463 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick

• CVE-2019-19952 Use after free in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-16328 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-16329 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-18210 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-14138 Denial of service in n/a Critical 9.8

All Imagemagick Imagemagick vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53463, ECHO-7dad-a83a-cd30, GHSA-p9rq-q46c-g4x6, JLSEC-2026-1031, MINI-v588-jwxf-j82g, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53463.