Is CVE-2026-28686 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-28686 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-28686?

CVE-2026-28686 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-28686?

CVE-2026-28686 has an EPSS score of 0.11% (2th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2026-28686?

Upgrade imagemagick on debian 11 to 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u11 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-28686

MEDIUM

6.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41, A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the PCL encode due to an undersized output buffer allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41.

CWE-122Heap-based Buffer Overflow CWE-131

How to fix

Remediation Available

imagemagickDebian

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u11CVE-2026-28686

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u8CVE-2026-28686

Fixed in:8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u7CVE-2026-28686

Fixed in:8:7.1.2.16+dfsg1-1CVE-2026-28686

ImageMagick Q16Windows application

Affected:7.0.0-0 7.1.2-16Fixed in:7.1.2-16ImageMagick Studio LLC

Affected:6.9.13-41Fixed in:6.9.13-41ImageMagick Studio LLC

ImageMagick Q16-HDRIWindows application

Affected:7.0.0-0 7.1.2-16Fixed in:7.1.2-16ImageMagick Studio LLC

Affected:6.9.13-41Fixed in:6.9.13-41ImageMagick Studio LLC

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.11%probability of exploitation in 30 days

2ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 2% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

github.com

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2026-28686

Markdown

[![CVE-2026-28686](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2026-28686.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2026-28686)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2026-28686"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2026-28686.svg" alt="CVE-2026-28686"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-03-12.