CVE-2026-55510 ImageMagick: Use-After-Free in crafted 8BIM when identifying an image

What is CVE-2026-55510?

CVE-2026-55510 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 1 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, 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 6.9.13-51 and 7.1.2-26, when identifying an image with a crafted 8BIM profile with a specific format string a use-after-free will occur. This issue has been fixed in versions 6.9.13-51 and 7.1.2-26.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-55510?

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-2026-55510?

Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU to 14.15.0 or later.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2026-55510 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-55510 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-2026-55510, ECHO-2cca-777e-5d89, GHSA-ff5c-8x9r-8qcw, JLSEC-2026-1036, MINI-x2qh-rm3h-hj7w, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-55510.