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CVE-2026-106565: ImageMagick: Infinite Loop in bzip2 compressed images.

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-07 · updated 2026-10-22
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-32 and 6.9.13-57, a missing end-of-file check while reading bzip2-compressed image data can cause an infinite loop and exhaust processing resources. This issue is fixed in versions 7.1.2-32 and 6.9.13-57.

Affected products

• ImageMagick: before 6.9.13-57; from 7.0.0-0 before 7.1.2-32 — fixed in 6.9.13-57, 7.1.2-32

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.13-57, 7.1.2-32. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/e9872c4a165d869e75d10799c47195725ebf4132
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/releases/tag/7.1.2-32
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-m9c7-gf3j-hx6h
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/82f752927a552cbba1213b1d023b85e76845774c
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/releases/tag/6.9.13-57

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