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🛡️ CVE-2026-61870 on Debian 13 (Root.io) — imagemagick

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

CVE-2026-61870 in imagemagick - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2026-61870 in the imagemagick package for Root:Debian:13. Multiple fixed versions available.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-61870 as tracked by Debian 13 (Root.io), for the package imagemagick. The fix is available in version 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u11.root.io.34; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low. (rating taken from the base CVE record.)

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2026-61870 is classified as CWE-401: Memory Leak. Allocated memory is never released, so long-running or repeated operations gradually exhaust it.

Affected software

ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2026-61870 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • imagemagick (fixed in 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u11.root.io.34)
  • rootio-imagemagick (fixed in 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u11.root.io.34)

Timeline and source

Published on 11 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Other advisories for this package

imagemagick has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-401: Memory Leak) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-08-11
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-11
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
imagemagick 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u11.root.io.34
rootio-imagemagick 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u11.root.io.34

References

N/A

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