CVE-2026-25971 describes a critical stack overflow vulnerability in ImageMagick, affecting versions prior to 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40. This flaw arises from the software's failure to detect circular references between two MSLs, which can be triggered remotely without authentication. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), successful exploitation could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including multiple security updates from SUSE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.9.13-40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.