CVE-2026-26283 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.2) CWE-835 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 possible infinite loop in JPEG encoder when using `jpeg:extent`
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- 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-2026-26283.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
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
Magick.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+11 moreReal-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
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, a continue statement in the JPEG extent binary search loop in the jpeg encoder causes an infinite loop when writing persistently fails. An attacker can trigger a 100% CPU consumption and process hang (Denial of Service) with a crafted image. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU | all versions | 14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU --version 14.10.3 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU | all versions | 14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU --version 14.10.3 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 | all versions | 14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 --version 14.10.3 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 | all versions | 14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 --version 14.10.3 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 | all versions | 14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 --version 14.10.3 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 | all versions | 14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 --version 14.10.3 |
Affected Products
imagemagickimagemagickDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
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-2026-26283 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.
This MODERATE impact denial of service flaw in ImageMagick can be triggered by processing a specially crafted image, leading to an infinite loop and 100% CPU consumption. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7, along with Fedora and EPEL, are affected by this vulnerability. Exploitation requires an attacker to provide a…
To mitigate this issue, avoid processing untrusted JPEG images with ImageMagick. If ImageMagick is deployed in a service context, consider implementing sandboxing mechanisms or restricting access to trusted sources to limit potential exposure.Source: Red Hat security advisory for CVE-2026-26283 (CC BY 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
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