ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41, a stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the MNG encoder. There is a bounds checks missing that could corrupting the stack with attacker-controlled data. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41.

The remote Debian 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6169 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6169-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     March 19, 2026                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package        : imagemagick     CVE ID         : CVE-2026-28493 CVE-2026-28494 CVE-2026-28686                      CVE-2026-28687 CVE-2026-28688 CVE-2026-28689                      CVE-2026-28690 CVE-2026-28691 CVE-2026-28692                      CVE-2026-28693 CVE-2026-30883 CVE-2026-30929                      CVE-2026-30931 CVE-2026-30935 CVE-2026-30936                      CVE-2026-30937 CVE-2026-31853 CVE-2026-32259

    Multiple security vulnerabilities were discovered in imagemagick, a     software suite used for editing and manipulating digital images, which     could lead to symlink races, information leaks, denial of service and     potentially arbitrary code execution.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in     version 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u7.

    We recommend that you upgrade your imagemagick packages.

    For the detailed security status of imagemagick please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/imagemagick

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the ImageMagick package has been released.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to     versions 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41, a stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the MNG encoder. There is     a bounds checks missing that could corrupting the stack with attacker-controlled data. This vulnerability     is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41. (CVE-2026-28690)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
303080	Debian dsa-6169 : imagemagick - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
303021	Photon OS 5.0: Imagemagick PHSA-2026-5.0-0790	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
301756	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-28690	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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