What is CVE-2026-55594?

CVE-2026-55594 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-07-01.

How severe is CVE-2026-55594?

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

Resource exhaustion in Imagemagick

CVE-2026-55594

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 6.9.13-51 and 7.1.2-26, a missing depth check in the MVG decoder will result in a stack overflow when a crafted image is provi…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

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 >= 7.0.1-0, < 7.1.2-26, < 6.9.13-51

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-55594?: CVE-2026-55594 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-07-01.
How severe is CVE-2026-55594?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.