Low [CVE-2026-66011] ImageMagick before 7.1.2-27 Memory Leak via Invalid CLI Options
This low-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-66011 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat package: imagemagick.
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Summary
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-27 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the magick command-line interface when invalid options are provided. Attackers can trigger memory exhaustion by repeatedly supplying malformed command-line arguments to consume system resources.
A flaw was found in ImageMagick. This vulnerability has a Low impact as it requires local system access and user interaction to exploit.
An attacker must repeatedly supply malformed command-line arguments to the `magick` utility, leading to a memory leak and potential resource exhaustion. Red Hat severity: Low — CVSS 3.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).
Weakness: CWE-772. 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.
- < 7.1.2-27
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Fixed versions
No fixed release is recorded yet. That does not prove no patch exists — confirm against the vendor advisory.
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Mitigation checklist
- To mitigate this issue, strictly sanitize inputs to prevent invalid CLI options from being passed to ImageMagick. Enforce process memory limits (via cgroups or ulimit) on ImageMagick executions to prevent potential memory exhaustion.
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