Vulnerability · Published Feb 24, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-25969ImageMagick has Memory Leak in coders/ashlar.c
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity memory leak 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 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to version 7.1.2-15, a memory leak exists in `coders/ashlar.c`. The `WriteASHLARImage` allocates a structure. However, when an exception is thrown, the allocated memory is not properly released, resulting in a potential memory leak. Version 7.1.2-15 contains a patch.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.22 | imagemagick | 7.1.2.15-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-25969 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | imagemagick | 7.1.2.15-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-25969 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | imagemagick | 7.1.2.15-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-25969 |
| Debian:13 | imagemagick | 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u6 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-25969 |
| Debian:13 | imagemagick | 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u6 | DSA-6158-1 |
| Debian:14 | imagemagick | 8:7.1.2.15+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-25969 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-anycpu | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-arm64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-arm64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-x64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-x64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-x86 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-openmp-arm64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-openmp-x64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-openmp-x86 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-x86 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-anycpu | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-arm64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-openmp-arm64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-openmp-x64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-x64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-x86 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | imagemagick | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-25969 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ImageMagick | ImageMagick | < 7.1.2-15 |
Weakness: CWE-401 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L