High 7.5Published Mar 9, 2026

CVE-2026-28691ImageMagick has an uninitialized pointer dereference in JBIG decoder

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 5:30 AM ET)

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ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41, an uninitialized pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the JBIG decoder due to a missing check. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-252, CWE-824
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jul 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

ImageMagick ImageMagick imagemagick:imagemagick (from the name)	from 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-16; before 6.9.13-41	CNA record
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support redhat:rhel_els	from 0:6.9.10.68-15.el7_9 not affected	CISA ADP
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 redhat:enterprise_linux	6	CISA ADP
imagemagick imagemagick imagemagick:imagemagick	before 6.9.13-41; from 7.0.0-0 before 7.1.2-16	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-wj8w-pjxf-9g4f	x-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6713
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28691
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2445902
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-28691.json

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