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ImageMagick < 6.9.13-40 / 7.x < 7.1.2-15 Vulnerability

low Nessus Plugin ID 362653

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Synopsis

The remote host has an application installed that is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote host has a version of ImageMagick installed that is prior to 6.9.13-40, or 7.x prior to 7.1.2-15. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

 - ImageMagick before 7.1.2-15 and before 6.9.13-40 contains a heap-buffer-overflow read vulnerability in GetPixelIndex caused by OpenPixelCache updating image channel metadata before pixel cache memory allocation. Attackers can trigger memory and disk allocation failures to cause a heap-buffer-overflow read affecting any writer calling GetPixelIndex. (CVE-2026-56362)

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

Solution

Upgrade to ImageMagick version 6.9.13-40 / 7.1.2-15 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1095d0b1

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 362653

File Name: imagemagick_CVE-2026-56362.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/9/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.87

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-56362

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.2

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Threat Score: 0.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:imagemagick:imagemagick

Required KB Items: installed_sw/ImageMagick

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-56362

IAVB: 2026-B-0280