ImageMagick before 7.1.2-19 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the PNG encoder when writing MNG images. Attackers can trigger the encoder failure condition to exhaust memory resources and cause denial of service.
CVE-2026-56365
Score 3.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-01. NVD baseline CVSS 5.3; sources differ by 1.6.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 3.7(medium)
- EPSS
- 20.2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 1, 2026
Last Modified
July 2, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jul 3, 2026ImageMagick - Memory Leak in PNG Encoder via MNG Image Writing | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-memory-leak-in-png-encoder-via-mng-image-writingMemory leak in PNG encoder when writing a MNG image · Advisory · ImageMagick/ImageMagick · GitHub
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-x928-4434-crqjVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56365(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 17× 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.
- 2026-07-06 19:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-06 19:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-03 22:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-03 22:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-02 20:05 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.3 · severity → MEDIUM
- 2026-07-01 19:07 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 6.3 · severity → LOW
- 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-01 01:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-01 01:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
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