CVE-2026-26283

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ImageMagick versions prior to 7.1.2-15 ImageMagick versions prior to 6.9.13-40

Description ImageMagick is software used for editing and manipulating digital images. A continue statement within the JPEG extent binary search loop in the jpeg encoder can cause an infinite loop when writing persistently fails. This can lead to 100% CPU consumption and a process hang, resulting in a denial of service. The issue is triggered by a crafted image.

Recommendations Update to ImageMagick version 7.1.2-15 or later. Update to ImageMagick version 6.9.13-40 or later.