CVE-2026-107208: ImageMagick denial of service in XMP profile parsing

CVE-2026-107208 · Severity: medium · CVSS 5.3 · Published 2026-10-07

ImageMagick is software that processes and edits digital images. A crafted XMP metadata profile can trigger a recursion limit that crashes the image-processing operation instead of being handled gracefully. An attacker who tricks a user or service into processing a malicious image file can cause service downtime or disrupt automated image workflows.

Technologies: ImageMagick. Vendors: ImageMagick.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-107208 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-107208 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-107208?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.3, published 7 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-107208?
Yes: fixed in 7.1.2-30, 6.9.13-55. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-107208 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-107208?
Check whether you run ImageMagick at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • Fixed in: 7.1.2-30, 6.9.13-55

Technical details

The vulnerability is a denial-of-service condition in xml-tree.c where recursion depth limits during XMP profile parsing throw a fatal exception instead of returning an error gracefully. A crafted XMP profile reaching MagickMaxRecursionDepth causes unhandled termination of the image-processing process. The fix replaces the fatal exception with a null return.

Affected products

  • ImageMagick ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55

Timeline

  • 2026-10-07: disclosed
  • 2026-08-23: patched

References

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