{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2026-02-24T02:01:20Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via invalid MSL map element processing",
    "id" : "2442134",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2442134"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.3",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
    "status" : "draft"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-825",
  "details" : [ "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, the MSL interpreter crashes when processing a invalid `<map>` element that causes it to use an image after it has been freed. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.", "A flaw was found in ImageMagick, a software suite for editing and manipulating digital images. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted image containing an invalid `<map>` element to the Magick Scripting Language (MSL) interpreter. This flaw causes a use-after-free, leading to an application crash and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS)." ],
  "statement" : "MODERATE: This flaw in ImageMagick allows a use-after-free vulnerability when processing a specially crafted MSL `<map>` element. An attacker could provide a malicious image file, leading to a denial of service due to application crashes. This affects systems where ImageMagick is used to process untrusted image files.",
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "ImageMagick",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "ImageMagick",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-26983\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26983\nhttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-w8mw-frc6-r7m8" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-26983",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "To mitigate this issue, avoid processing untrusted or maliciously crafted image files with ImageMagick. If ImageMagick is used in a service, restrict access to trusted sources and ensure input validation is in place to prevent the processing of arbitrary or malformed MSL files.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}