CVE-2026-61868 ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Memory Leak in YUV Decoder
Attackers can cause resource exhaustion and denial of service by repeatedly triggering a memory leak in the YUV decoder when blob opening fails.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-61868?
CVE-2026-61868 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in ImageMagick, published on 15 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 and 6.9.x before 6.9.13-51 contains a memory leak in the YUV decoder that occurs when opening of the blob fails. Repeated triggering can lead to resource exhaustion (denial of service).
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-61868?
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.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
28 more packages
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-x86 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-x86 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-x86 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-x86 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
How do I fix CVE-2026-61868?
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU to 14.15.0 or later.
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-2026-61868 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-61868 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61868, ECHO-d5e6-af44-f2ea, GHSA-f6rf-qwcr-g39q, GHSA-h7f2-f9cc-h2gv, JLSEC-2026-1074, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-61868.