Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
ImageMagick versions before the fixed releases can corrupt memory when handling a long MSL attribute value. Businesses are exposed where ImageMagick processes attacker-supplied files or content. The published record rates this high severity, but the supplied sources do not show active exploitation.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation for internet-facing or customer-file-processing systems. The issue is high severity because memory corruption can affect confidentiality and availability, but current supplied evidence does not support emergency active-exploitation language.
Technical view
CVE-2026-25968 is a CWE-121 stack buffer overflow in ImageMagick msl.c attribute processing. A long attribute value can overflow a fixed-size stack buffer, causing an out-of-bounds write and memory corruption. CVSS 3.1 is 7.4 with network attack vector, high complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely in applications, workers, upload pipelines, or automation that use ImageMagick 7.0.0 before 7.1.2-15 or 6.x before 6.9.13-40, especially where externally supplied image or MSL-related input is processed.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not identify active exploitation, public exploit use, or KEV listing. The CVSS vector indicates remote reachability without privileges or user interaction, but high attack complexity. Treat exploitability as plausible only where vulnerable MSL processing is reachable.
Researcher notes
Focus analysis on reachable MSL parser paths and packaged ImageMagick versions. The available sources name the vulnerable file and condition, but do not provide exploit maturity, proof-of-concept status, or operational mitigations beyond patched versions.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade ImageMagick 7.x to version 7.1.2-15 or later.
- Upgrade ImageMagick 6.x to version 6.9.13-40 or later.
- Check the GitHub advisory for vendor-specific upgrade guidance.
- Prioritize systems processing untrusted uploads or automated image conversions.
Validation and detection
- Inventory installed ImageMagick versions across servers, containers, and build images.
- Confirm no ImageMagick package is below 7.1.2-15 or 6.9.13-40.
- Identify services that pass external content into ImageMagick processing paths.
- Review dependency lockfiles and base images for bundled ImageMagick versions.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.4 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H2.25.2GitHub_MVulnerability scoring details
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7.4HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-3mwp-xqp2-q6phCVE reference, GitHub_M · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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Stack-based Buffer Overflow
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