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RHEL 7 : ImageMagick (RHSA-2026:32961)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 323639
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for ImageMagick.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:32961 advisory.ImageMagick is an image display and manipulation tool for the X Window System that can read and write multiple image formats.
Security Fix(es):
* ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds write when processing multiple images (CVE-2026-46520)
* ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via crafted MIFF file (CVE-2026-46522)
* ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service due to excessive resource use in MNG coder (CVE-2026-45664)
* ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service due to resource policy bypass in PSD decoder (CVE-2026-45031)
* ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via crafted MSL image leading to heap-use-after-free (CVE-2026-46523)
* ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Heap buffer over-write via `magick -distribute-cache` service connection (CVE-2026-46692)
* ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via missing memory request check (CVE-2026-53460)
* ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via crafted DCM image with invalid dimensions (CVE-2026-49218)
* ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Arbitrary code execution via SVG decoder command injection (CVE-2026-56379)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL ImageMagick package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:32961.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:32961
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487729
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487730
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487732
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487734
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487743
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487749
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487757
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487763
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 323639
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-32961.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/29/2026
Updated: 7/16/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5
Percentile: 94.15
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-56379
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.2
Threat Score: 8.2
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-perl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-c%2b%2b-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-45031, CVE-2026-45664, CVE-2026-46520, CVE-2026-46522, CVE-2026-46523, CVE-2026-46692, CVE-2026-49218, CVE-2026-53460, CVE-2026-56379