CVE-2026-61861

HIGHNVD 7.53.7▼
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 3.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-11. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 3.8.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the FormatMagickCaption method when memory allocation fails. Attackers can trigger memory allocation failures to cause a dangling pointer to reference freed memory, potentially enabling denial of service or code execution.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
3.7(medium)
EPSS
24.4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 11, 2026

Last Modified

July 13, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 14, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
github Patch Available

Use-After-Free in FormatMagickCaption when memory allocation fails · Advisory · ImageMagick/ImageMagick · GitHub

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-61861(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 11× in last 7d / 11× 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. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-14 20:41 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-14 20:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-13 22:27 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
  8. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-11 13:32 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-11 13:32 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-61861?
CVE-2026-61861 is a high vulnerability published on July 11, 2026. ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the FormatMagickCaption method when memory allocation fails. Attackers can trigger memory allocation failures to cause a dangling pointer to reference freed memory, potentially enabling denial of service or code execution.
When was CVE-2026-61861 disclosed?
CVE-2026-61861 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 11, 2026, with the most recent update on July 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-61861 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-61861 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 24.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-61861?
CVE-2026-61861 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 3.7.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-61861?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-61861, 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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