CVE-2026-61866
ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Memory leak in JNG encoder can lead to denial of service
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · July 15, 2026
Updated · July 16, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in ImageMagick. A memory leak vulnerability exists in the JNG (JPEG Network Graphics) encoder when the application fails to open a blob. A remote attacker could exploit this by providing specially crafted malformed JNG files, leading to resource exhaustion and a denial of service (DoS) for the affected system.
Statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ships ImageMagick in RHEL 6 ELS and RHEL 7 ELS. This flaw has been rated as having a Low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates of those products. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
Do not process untrusted image files with ImageMagick. The JNG coder can be disabled in ImageMagick's policy.xml if not needed: <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="JNG"/>. Upgrade to ImageMagick 7.1.2-26 or 6.9.13-51 mitigates the issue.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 2.9CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime