Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, the ps coders, responsible for writing PostScript files, fails to sanitize the input before writing it into the PostScript header. An attacker can provide a malicous file and inject arbitrary PostScript code. When the resulting file is processed by a printer or a viewer (like Ghostscript), the injected code is interpreted and executed. The html encoder does not properly escape strings that are written to in the html document. An attacker can provide a malicious file and injection arbitrary html code. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
Published: 2026-02-24
Score: 5.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Remote code execution via injected PostScript code
Action: Immediate Patch
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4497-1 imagemagick security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6158-1 imagemagick security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6159-1 imagemagick security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-rw6c-xp26-225v ImageMagick: Code Injection via PostScript header in ps coders
History

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
Vendors & Products Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick

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Description ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, the ps coders, responsible for writing PostScript files, fails to sanitize the input before writing it into the PostScript header. An attacker can provide a malicous file and inject arbitrary PostScript code. When the resulting file is processed by a printer or a viewer (like Ghostscript), the injected code is interpreted and executed. The html encoder does not properly escape strings that are written to in the html document. An attacker can provide a malicious file and injection arbitrary html code. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
Title ImageMagick vulnerable to Code injection via PostScript header in ps coders
Weaknesses CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L'}


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Imagemagick Imagemagick
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-26T15:13:42.512Z

Reserved: 2026-02-05T19:58:01.640Z

Link: CVE-2026-25797

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-26T15:13:26.292Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-02-24T01:16:14.450

Modified: 2026-02-25T11:56:06.910

Link: CVE-2026-25797

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-02-24T01:01:22Z

Links: CVE-2026-25797 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-17T16:15:22Z

Weaknesses