What is CVE-2026-61861?
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.
The record classifies CVE-2026-61861 under weakness class CWE-416. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 86 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 3.7 — LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS v4.0 base score
- 6.3
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.6% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 2.6/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-07-11
Is CVE-2026-61861 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 35 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- ImageMagick: ImageMagick
How to fix CVE-2026-61861
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-61861 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-61861
No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-61861, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.