CVE-2026-25797: exploitation status and patch state
CVE-2026-25797 · CVSS 5.7 MEDIUM · EPSS <1%
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, the ps coders, responsible for writing PostScript files, fails to sanitize the input before writing it into the PostScript header. An attacker can provide a malicous file and inject arbitrary PostScript code. When the resulting file is processed by a printer or a viewer (like Ghostscript), the injected code is interpreted and executed. The html encoder does not properly escape strings that are written to in the html document. An attacker can provide a malicious file and injection arbitrary html code. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
Is CVE-2026-25797 exploited?
Not in the CISA KEV catalog.
EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at <1%.
Public exploit code: none found in monitored sources.