CVE-2026-61866 — Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU
CVE-2026-61866 is a CWE-401 vulnerability in Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU. A fix is available for Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU — see the affected versions and patch details below.
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Memory Leak in JNG encoder
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-2026-61866.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
Real-World Exposure
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86.NETMagick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-arm64+9 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 before 7.1.2-26 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the JNG encoder when a blob cannot be opened. Attackers can trigger the memory leak by providing malformed JNG files that fail blob operations, causing resource exhaustion.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU | all versions | 14.15.0dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU --version 14.15.0 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU | all versions | 14.15.0dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU --version 14.15.0 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 | all versions | 14.15.0dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 --version 14.15.0 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 | all versions | 14.15.0dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 --version 14.15.0 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 | all versions | 14.15.0dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 --version 14.15.0 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 | all versions | 14.15.0dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 --version 14.15.0 |
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 14.15.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-61866 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 Hat Enterprise Linux ships ImageMagick in RHEL 6 ELS and RHEL 7 ELS. This flaw has been rated as having a Low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates of those products. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification:…
Do not process untrusted image files with ImageMagick. The JNG coder can be disabled in ImageMagick's policy.xml if not needed: `<policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="JNG"/>`. Upgrade to ImageMagick 7.1.2-26 or 6.9.13-51 mitigates the issue.Source: Red Hat security advisory for CVE-2026-61866 (CC BY 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
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