GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 — Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU
HIGHGHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU — see the affected versions and patch details below.
ImageMagick: Infinite Loop in the MIFF decoder can lead to CPU exhaustion
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 GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 380,066 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
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+10 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 7.1.2.23 and 6.9.13-48, due to a missing check in the MIFF decoder, a crafted file could cause an infinite loop resulting in CPU exhaustion. Versions 7.1.2.23 and 6.9.13-48 fix the issue.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU | all versions | 14.13.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU --version 14.13.1 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU | all versions | 14.13.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU --version 14.13.1 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 | all versions | 14.13.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 --version 14.13.1 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 | all versions | 14.13.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 --version 14.13.1 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 | all versions | 14.13.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 --version 14.13.1 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 | all versions | 14.13.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 --version 14.13.1 |
Affected Products
imagemagickimagemagickResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
ImageMagick - Infinite Loop in the MIFF decoder can lead to CPU exhaustion
by Jose Rivas · May 29, 2026
Detection & 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 14.13.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 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.
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.Source: Red Hat security advisory for GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 (CC BY 4.0)
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support | ImageMagick-0:6.9.10.68-17.el7_9 | RHSA-2026:32961 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 in your dependencies?
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