CVE-2026-93590

Publication date 18 September 2026

Last updated 25 September 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-31 contains a policy bypass vulnerability in the UHDR encoder that fails to perform policy checks during buffer allocation for image pixels. Attackers can bypass resource policies by processing specially crafted UHDR images, potentially causing denial of service through excessive memory allocation.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
imagemagick	26.04 LTS resolute	Vulnerable
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
imagemagick	Upstream: 5904641

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

Base score 6.3 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Attack requirements	Present
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Vulnerable system - Confidentiality impact	None
Vulnerable system - Integrity impact	None
Vulnerable system - Availability impact	Low
Subsequent system - Confidentiality impact	None
Subsequent system - Integrity impact	None
Subsequent system - Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.3 · Medium
Base + Threat score	-
Base + Environmental score	-
Base + Threat + Environmental score	-

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Base score 3.7 · Low

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	Low

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	3.7 · Low
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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