CVE-2026-116154

ImageMagick before 6.9.13-58 and 7.x before 7.1.2-33 contains a memory leak in its XML parsing code, where allocated memory is not released when parsing reaches the nesting depth limit. Attackers can supply crafted, deeply nested XML data to trigger the leak, causing memory exhaustion and denial of service.

Score

CVSS 4.0 6.9 Medium

Status

Awaiting Analysis - disclosure@vulncheck.com

Published

2026-10-25

Last modified

2026-10-26

Weaknesses

CWE-401

Affected products

• Imagemagick (Imagemagick)

References

• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-8ghq-p369-g395
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-6.9.13-58-and-7-x-before-7.1.2-33-memory-leak-via-xml-parsing-d…