How severe is CVE-2026-25798?

CVE-2026-25798 has a CVSS score of 5.3/10, rated MEDIUM. Review your exposure and patch according to your risk tolerance.

Which packages are affected by CVE-2026-25798?

CVE-2026-25798 affects the following packages: Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU (NuGet), Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU (NuGet), Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 (NuGet), Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 (NuGet), Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 (NuGet), Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 (NuGet), Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 (NuGet), Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 (NuGet), and 10 more. Ecosystems affected: NuGet.

How do I fix CVE-2026-25798?

Update Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU to 14.10.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-25798 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect CVE-2026-25798 in my NuGet dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

How do I mitigate CVE-2026-25798 if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.

Is CVE-2026-25798 actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for CVE-2026-25798 yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-25798?

CVE-2026-25798 has an EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score of 0.5%, placing it in the 42th percentile of all CVEs. EPSS is maintained by FIRST.org and estimates the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. This score indicates relatively lower exploitation probability, though the CVSS severity should still guide your patching priority.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2026-25798?

CVE-2026-25798 is classified as NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476). This weakness type describe the underlying flaw category, which helps determine the potential impact and the right class of mitigation.

When was CVE-2026-25798 published, and has it been updated?

CVE-2026-25798 was published on February 24, 2026 and was last updated on October 28, 2026. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

.NET

.NET NuGet

Not in CISA KEV

MEDIUM severity

CVE-2026-25798 — Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU

MEDIUMFix: ImageMagick/ImageMagick@e046417

CVE-2026-25798 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU. A fix is available for Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU — see the affected versions and patch details below.

ImageMagick has NULL Pointer Dereference in ClonePixelCacheRepository via crafted image

Also known asGHSA-p863-5fgm-rgq4

Published

Feb 24, 2026

Updated

Oct 28, 2026

Affected

18 pkgs

Patched

18 / 18

Exploits

None indexed

Exploitation data as of Oct 30, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-25798.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗

0.5%probability of exploitation in next 30 days

Lower Risk-0.08%

Lower risk than most CVEs42th percentile — riskier than 42% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

18 pkgs affected

.NETMagick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86.NETMagick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64+10 more

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects NuGet packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

A NULL pointer dereference in ClonePixelCacheRepository allows a remote attacker to crash any application linked against ImageMagick by supplying a crafted image file, resulting in Denial of Service.

AddressSanitizer:DEADLYSIGNAL
=================================================================
==3704942==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: UNKNOWN SIGNAL on unknown address 0x000000000000 (pc 0x7f9d141239e0 bp 0x7ffd4c5711e0 sp 0x7ffd4c571148 T0)
    #0 0x7f9d141239e0  (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6+0xc49e0)
    #1 0x558a25e4f08d in ClonePixelCacheRepository._omp_fn.0 MagickCore/cache.c:784
    #2 0x7f9d14c06a15 in GOMP_parallel (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgomp.so.1+0x14a15)
    #3 0x558a25e43151 in ClonePixelCacheRepository MagickCore/cache.c:753
    #4 0x558a25e49a96 in OpenPixelCache MagickCore/cache.c:3849
    #5 0x558a25e45117 in GetImagePixelCache MagickCore/cache.c:1829
    #6 0x558a25e4dde3 in SyncImagePixelCache MagickCore/cache.c:5647
    #7 0x558a256ba57d in SetImageExtent MagickCore/image.c:2713

Affected Packages

18 total 18 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
.NETNuGet	`Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU`	all versions	14.10.3`dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU --version 14.10.3`
.NETNuGet	`Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU`	all versions	14.10.3`dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU --version 14.10.3`
.NETNuGet	`Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64`	all versions	14.10.3`dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 --version 14.10.3`
.NETNuGet	`Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64`	all versions	14.10.3`dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 --version 14.10.3`
.NETNuGet	`Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64`	all versions	14.10.3`dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 --version 14.10.3`
.NETNuGet	`Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64`	all versions	14.10.3`dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 --version 14.10.3`

Affected Products

1 product · 2 configurations

Application

imagemagickimagemagick

≥ 7.0.0-0 && < 7.1.2-15

range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU to 14.10.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-25798 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.

Fixing This On Your OS

If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.

Red HatModerate

MODERATE: This flaw in ImageMagick allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by providing a specially crafted image file. Applications linked against ImageMagick in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 are affected if they process untrusted image files. Exploitation requires the processing of a malicious image.

Workaround published by Red Hat

To mitigate this issue, restrict the processing of untrusted image files by applications that utilize ImageMagick. Implement input validation and sanitization for all image files originating from external or untrusted sources. If possible, run applications processing untrusted images in a sandboxed environment to limit potential impact.

Source: Red Hat security advisory for CVE-2026-25798 (CC BY 4.0)

UbuntuMEDIUM

USN-8127-1Ubuntu USN-8263-1Ubuntu

Frequently Asked Questions

A NULL pointer dereference in ClonePixelCacheRepository allows a remote attacker to crash any application linked against ImageMagick by supplying a crafted image file, resulting in Denial of Service. ``` AddressSanitizer:DEADLYSIGNAL ================================================================= ==3704942==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: UNKNOWN SIGNAL on unknown address 0x000000000000 (pc 0x7f9d141239e0 bp 0x7ffd4c5711e0 sp 0x7ffd4c571148 T0) #0 0x7f9d141239e0 (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6+0xc49e0) #1 0x558a25e4f08d in ClonePixelCacheRepository._omp_fn.0 MagickCore/cache.c:784 #2

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CVSS Score

5.3/10CVSS v3 base

Vector breakdown

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Raw vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE Classification

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

Weaponization

No Nuclei template, Metasploit module or public proof-of-concept found.

Timeline

Disclosed

Feb 24, 2026

Last updated

Oct 28, 2026

Identifiers

CVE-2026-25798

GHSA-p863-5fgm-rgq4

References

Advisorygithub.com · CVE 2026 25798.json Advisorygithub.com · GHSA p863 5fgm rgq4 Advisorynvd.nist.gov · CVE 2026 25798 Webgithub.com Webgithub.com · e046417675d5c26e5f48816851a406c121c77469 Webgithub.com · 14.10.3 Packagegithub.com · ImageMagick

Related vulnerabilities

This CVE is medium severity; 3 of 8 other CVEs affecting Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU are rated as high or higher (top: moderate).

GHSA-cvhv-g4rq-3hmwCVE-2026-53466CVE-2026-62363GHSA-56m6-8q75-f2rwGHSA-6jwg-7q3p-5fqmGHSA-6vxp-gfwf-hcr9GHSA-76q6-2p6h-xjqrGHSA-7c7m-fpjw-gwcq

Provenance

Sources

OSV.devNVDFIRST.org (EPSS)

Last verifiedOct 28, 2026

CVE-2026-25798 — Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

EPSS Exploitation Probability

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

Description

Affected Packages

Affected Products

Detection & mitigation playbook

Detect

Fix

Workarounds

Fixing This On Your OS

Frequently Asked Questions

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