What is CVE-2026-106572?

CVE-2026-106572 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-10-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-106572?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2026-106572

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55, a missing recursion-depth check in the CALS decoder allows a crafted CALS image to exhaust the call stack and terminate the process. This issue is fixed in versions 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

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 < 6.9.13-55, >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-30

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-106572?: CVE-2026-106572 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-106572?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.