Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting ImageMagick-doc package, versions <1:6.9.13.54-1.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-IMAGEMAGICKDOC-20245717
  • published29 Sept 2026
  • disclosed15 Jul 2026

Introduced: 15 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-61869  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 ImageMagick-doc to version 1:6.9.13.54-1.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-3115.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ImageMagick-doc package and not the ImageMagick-doc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 and 6.9.13-51 contains a memory leak in the MIFF encoder that occurs when a memory allocation fails during MIFF image processing, which can lead to denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1