What is CVE-2026-28687?

CVE-2026-28687 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-03-09.

How severe is CVE-2026-28687?

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

Use After Free in Imagemagick

CVE-2026-28687

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41, a heap use-after-free vulnerability in ImageMagick's MSL decoder allows an attacker to trigger access…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.001 (19.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-16, < 6.9.13-41

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-fpvf-frm6-625q (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-28687?: CVE-2026-28687 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2026-28687?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.