CVE-2026-23952
MEDIUMCVE-2026-23952 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Magick.NET-Q8-x64. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2026-23952 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
ImageMagick has a NULL pointer dereference in MSL parser via <comment> tag before image load
Blast Radius
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Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Versions 14.10.1 and below have a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the MSL (Magick Scripting Language) parser when processing <comment> tags before images are loaded. This can lead to DoS attack due to assertion failure (debug builds) or NULL pointer dereference (release builds). This issue is fixed in version 14.10.2.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q8-x64 | all versions | 14.10.2 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 | all versions | 14.10.2 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q8-x86 | all versions | 14.10.2 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 | all versions | 14.10.2 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 | all versions | 14.10.2 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-x64 | all versions | 14.10.2 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for Magick.NET-Q8-x64. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update Magick.NET-Q8-x64 to 14.10.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-23952 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2026-23952 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2026-23952. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-23952 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2026-23952 across NuGet dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.