What is CVE-2026-33902?

CVE-2026-33902 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2026-33902?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2026-33902

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions below both 7.1.2-19 and 6.9.13-44, a stack overflow vulnerability in ImageMagick's FX expression parser allows an attacker to crash the process by providing a deeply nested expression. This issue has been fixed in versions 6.9.13-44 and 7.1.2-19.

Published 2026-04-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 9.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions < 7.1.2-19, < 6.9.13-44

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-f4qm-vj5j-9xpw (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/d3c0a37485314c5ccef72efb18f3847cd5386… (Patch)
github.com/dlemstra/Magick.NET/releases/tag/14.12.0 (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-33902?: CVE-2026-33902 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2026-33902?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.