CVE-2026-28493 — Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU
MEDIUMCVE-2026-28493 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) CWE-190 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 a Integer Overflow leading to out of bounds write in SIXEL decoder
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-2026-28493.
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-arm64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86.NETMagick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64+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 7.1.2-16, an integer overflow vulnerability exists in the SIXEL decoer. The vulnerability allows an attacker to perform an out of bounds via a specially crafted image. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU | all versions | 14.10.4dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU --version 14.10.4 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU | all versions | 14.10.4dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU --version 14.10.4 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 | all versions | 14.10.4dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 --version 14.10.4 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 | all versions | 14.10.4dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 --version 14.10.4 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 | all versions | 14.10.4dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 --version 14.10.4 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 | all versions | 14.10.4dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 --version 14.10.4 |
Affected Products
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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 14.10.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-28493 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Stop feeding it untrusted input: reject or quarantine files and payloads from unverified sources until you can upgrade, restrict accepted formats to the ones you actually need, and run the parsing or decoding step in a least-privileged sandbox or short-lived worker so a crash or corrupted read cannot reach the rest of the process.
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 vulnerability affects ImageMagick in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Community Projects. An integer overflow in the SIXEL decoder can lead to an out-of-bounds write when processing a specially crafted image, potentially resulting in a denial of service or other undefined behavior.
To mitigate this issue, avoid processing untrusted SIXEL image files with ImageMagick. If ImageMagick must process untrusted content, consider running it within a sandboxed environment to limit potential impact.Source: Red Hat security advisory for CVE-2026-28493 (CC BY 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
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