Unrated severityOSV Advisory· Published Jan 20, 2026· Updated Feb 26, 2026
Heap buffer overflow with attacker-controlled data in XBM parser
CVE-2026-23876
Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-13 and 6.9.13-38, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the XBM image decoder (ReadXBMImage) allows an attacker to write controlled data past the allocated heap buffer when processing a maliciously crafted image file. Any operation that reads or identifies an image can trigger the overflow, making it exploitable via common image upload and processing pipelines. Versions 7.1.2-13 and 6.9.13-38 fix the issue.
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Affected products
19- Range: 6.9.10-0, 6.9.10-1, 6.9.10-10, …
- osv-coords18 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/imagemagick-6pkg:rpm/opensuse/ImageMagick&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/ImageMagick&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/ImageMagick&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP6-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5
< 0+ 17 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.2.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.2.13-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.0.9-150400.6.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.0.9-150400.6.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.0.9-150400.6.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.0.9-150400.6.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.227.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.0.9-150400.6.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.0.9-150400.6.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.0.9-150400.6.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.0.9-150400.6.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.227.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/2fae24192b78fdfdd27d766fd21d90aeac6ea8b8mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-r49w-jqq3-3gx8mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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