What is CVE-2026-109270?

CVE-2026-109270 is a low-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2026-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2026-109270?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2026-109270

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-32 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the -process option that allows attackers to cause unreleased memory allocations by supplying certain arguments. Attackers can repeatedly invoke the -process option with crafted arguments to gradually exhaust memory and degrade service availability.

Published 2026-10-12.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-f32c-2v6j-wvh5 (vendor-advisory)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/da4cfd78a2ceea4cf54207834f9d60c1b9c38… (patch)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-7.1.2-32-memory-leak-via-proces… (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-109270?: CVE-2026-109270 is a low-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2026-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2026-109270?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.