What is CVE-2026-106565?

CVE-2026-106565 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-10-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-106565?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Imagemagick

CVE-2026-106565

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-32 and 6.9.13-57, a missing end-of-file check while reading bzip2-compressed image data can cause an infinite loop and exhaust processing resources. This issue is fixed in versions 7.1.2-32 and 6.9.13-57.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2026-10-07 · last modified 2026-10-07.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions < 6.9.13-57, >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-32

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-106565?: CVE-2026-106565 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-106565?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.