{"id":"CVE-2026-25797","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"ImageMagick vulnerable to Code injection via PostScript header in ps coders","description":"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.","publishedAt":"2026-02-24T01:01:22.025Z","updatedAt":"2026-02-26T15:13:42.512Z","severity":{"score":5.7,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L","source":"GitHub_M"},"assigner":"GitHub_M","products":["ImageMagick ImageMagick"],"affected":[{"vendor":"ImageMagick","product":"ImageMagick","versions":[{"version":">= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-15","status":"affected"},{"version":"< 6.9.13-40","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-rw6c-xp26-225v"],"weaknesses":["CWE-94"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:11:21.040Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/25xxx/CVE-2026-25797.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-25797","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-02-24T01:01:22.025Z","dateUpdated":"2026-02-26T15:13:42.512Z","assignerShortName":"GitHub_M","assignerOrgId":"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa","dateReserved":"2026-02-05T19:58:01.640Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"ImageMagick vulnerable to Code injection via PostScript header in ps coders","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"ImageMagick","product":"ImageMagick","versions":[{"version":">= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-15","status":"affected"},{"version":"< 6.9.13-40","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-rw6c-xp26-225v","name":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-rw6c-xp26-225v","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":5.7,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-94","lang":"en","description":"CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"GitHub_M","orgId":"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa","dateUpdated":"2026-02-24T01:01:22.025Z"},"source":{"advisory":"GHSA-rw6c-xp26-225v","discovery":"UNKNOWN"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2026-02-26T15:13:11.583896Z","id":"CVE-2026-25797","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2026-02-26T15:13:42.512Z"}}]}}}