CVE-2026-26066

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.26.2
EchelonGraph scoreLOW confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.2 under the CNA's CVSS (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit-prediction score not yet available (the EPSS model rescores nightly; freshly-published CVEs typically appear within 48 hours). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: cna:github_m
6.2
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.2Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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, a crafted profile contain invalid IPTC data may cause an infinite loop when writing it with IPTCTEXT. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

CVSS v3
6.2
EG Score
6.2(low)
EPSS
24.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

February 24, 2026

Last Modified

June 23, 2026

References (1)

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuperlmagick (8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm9) @ focal2026-06-27ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 26× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-08 15:15 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  19. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-27 03:25 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-06-27 03:25 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-06-27 03:17 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-26066?
CVE-2026-26066 is a medium vulnerability published on February 24, 2026. 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, a crafted profile contain invalid IPTC data may cause an infinite loop when writing it with IPTCTEXT. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
When was CVE-2026-26066 disclosed?
CVE-2026-26066 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 24, 2026, with the most recent update on June 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-26066 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-26066 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 24.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-26066?
CVE-2026-26066 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 6.2 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending). The EG score is currently aggregating — additional source signals are being incorporated as they become available..
How do I remediate CVE-2026-26066?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-26066, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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