CVE-2026-25971 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-25971: ImageMagick's MSL: Stack overflow in ProcessMSLScript

Vendor Imagemagick
Product ImageMagick
Weakness CWE-674
Published February 24, 2026
Last update February 26, 2026
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CVSS base score

6.2/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, Magick fails to check for circular references between two MSLs, leading to a stack overflow. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 24, 2026 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated