{"id":"CVE-2026-86420","title":"ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55 fails to properly lower the memory budget when an operation inside OpenPixelCache fails","summary":"ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55 fails to properly lower the memory budget when an operation inside OpenPixelCache fails. Repeated triggering of such failures can exhaust the process memory budget and result in a denial of service.","severity":"low","cvss":3.7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cwe":["CWE-400","CWE-772"],"vendor":"imagemagick","product":"imagemagick","affected":["imagemagick < 6.9.13-55","imagemagick >= 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-30"],"patched":["imagemagick 7.1.2-30"],"published":"2026-09-07","updated":"2026-09-09","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-09T17:09:03.253","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86420","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-4mwf-mggw-29vp","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-7.1.2-30-denial-of-service-memory-budget","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-86420.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-86420"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2529441"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-86420"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86420"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-09T14:29:18.737483Z"},"epss":0.00321,"epssPercentile":0.2524,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-08T20:10:03.179Z","slug":"CVE-2026-86420","body":"## Overview\n\nImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55 fails to properly lower the memory budget when an operation inside OpenPixelCache fails. Repeated triggering of such failures can exhaust the process memory budget and result in a denial of service.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `imagemagick < 6.9.13-55`\n- `imagemagick >= 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-30`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `imagemagick 7.1.2-30`\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · updated 2026-09-09 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-86420.json)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":20,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":20.4,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}