Vulnerability · Published Jul 11, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-61861ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Use-After-Free in FormatMagickCaption
Low 3.7
In plain English
A low-severity use-after-free in ImageMagick from ImageMagick. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.7Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 53.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the FormatMagickCaption method when memory allocation fails. Attackers can trigger memory allocation failures to cause a dangling pointer to reference freed memory, potentially enabling denial of service or code execution.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.23 | imagemagick | 7.1.2.29-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-61861 |
| Debian:13 | imagemagick | 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u12 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61861 |
| Debian:14 | imagemagick | 8:7.1.2.26+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61861 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-anycpu | 14.15.0 | GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu | 14.15.0 | GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-x64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-x86 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-openmp-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-openmp-x64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-x64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-x86 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-anycpu | 14.15.0 | GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-openmp-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-openmp-x64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-x64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-x86 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ImageMagick | ImageMagick | 7.0.0 – before 7.1.2-26 |
| ImageMagick | ImageMagick | 0 – before 6.9.13-51 |
Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2) vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Use-After-Free in FormatMagickCaption third-party-advisory