CVE-2026-61871 ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Memory Leak in ICON decoder

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service by triggering a memory leak in the ICON decoder via crafted 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-2026-61871?

CVE-2026-61871 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 6.9.13-51 contains a memory leak in the ICON decoder that occurs when a memory allocation fails. Processing a crafted ICON file that triggers an allocation failure leaks memory, which may lead to a denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-61871?

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.

PackageAffectedFixed in
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
28 more packages
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-x64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-x64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-x86 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q16-x86 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q8-x64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q8-x64 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q8-x86 NuGetAll versions14.15.0
Magick.NET-Q8-x86 NuGetAll versions14.15.0

How do I fix CVE-2026-61871?

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-2026-61871 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-61871 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61871, ECHO-ddfb-f3fb-c775, GHSA-42mf-mh48-7gjj, GHSA-h58x-r7f7-rh84, JLSEC-2026-1077, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-61871.

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