High severity · published Jul 15, 2026
CVE-2026-61863
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Memory Leak in TIFF Encoder
7.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 (and 6.x before 6.9.13-51) contains a memory leak in the TIFF encoder that occurs when a temporary file cannot be created, resulting in a small memory leak.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IM
ImageMagick · ImageMagick
before 7.1.2-26; before 6.9.13-51 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61863
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-61863
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-6vxp-gfwf-hcr9
Third Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-26-memory-leak-in-tiff-encoder
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