Medium4.7Red Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2026-55595] Denial of Service via invalid arguments to connected-components option

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-55595 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat package: imagemagick.

CVE-2026-55595 Published Jul 1, 2026Updated by vendor Jul 1, 2026

CVE-2026-55595

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Summary

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 6.9.13-51 and 7.1.2-26, when providing invalid arguments to the connected-components option an infinite loop will occur.

This issue has been fixed in versions 6.9.13-51 and 7.1.2-26. Successful exploitation of this flaw can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS), making the software unresponsive.

Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 4.7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). Weakness: CWE-835.

Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Will not fix / out of support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: imagemagick.

Affected versions

< 6.9.13-51
< 7.1.2-26

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Fixed versions

6.9.13-51
7.1.2-26

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Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

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