What is CVE-2026-28692?

CVE-2026-28692 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2026-03-09.

How severe is CVE-2026-28692?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Imagemagick

CVE-2026-28692

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, MAT decoder uses 32-bit arithmetic due to incorrect parenthesization resulting in a heap over-read. Th…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.000 (7.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-mrmj-x24c-wwcv (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-28692?: CVE-2026-28692 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2026-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2026-28692?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.