CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-61866

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Jul 15, 2026Sources checked Oct 28, 2026

7.5HIGHCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-61866 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.5. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Ubuntu Security Notices guidance

Vendor revision: Sep 14, 2026

USN-8739-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ImageMagick.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-61866?

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the JNG encoder when a blob cannot be opened. Attackers can trigger the memory leak by providing malformed JNG files that fail blob operations, causing resource exhaustion.

Source: NVD