# ImageMagick has memory leak of watermark Image object in ReadSTEGANOImage on multiple error/early-return paths

Advisory record · `GHSA-g2pr-qxjg-7r2w`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-g2pr-qxjg-7r2w` · `CVE-2026-25796`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.3 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-401](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html)
- **Tags:** [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md)
- **Published:** 24 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Feb 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 24 Feb 2026, 15:33 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x86` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-arm64` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-x64` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-x86` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`
- `Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`
- `Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`
- `Magick.NET-Q8-arm64` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`
- `Magick.NET-Q8-x64` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`
- `Magick.NET-Q8-x86` (NuGet): affected `<14.10.3`; fixed in `14.10.3`

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> Magick.NET-Q16 packages (AnyCPU, HDRI, OpenMP and architecture-specific variants) before 14.10.3 contain a memory leak in the STEGANO image reader, where a watermark image object is not freed on several early-return error paths. An attacker who can get the affected software to process a crafted STEGANO image can repeatedly leak memory, which can be used for denial of service. Upgrade to version 14.10.3 or later.

Written 9 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

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## Severity and exploitation

- 5.3 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0043, the 37th percentile, on 10 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 15:22 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:22 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-g2pr-qxjg-7r2w)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-g2pr-qxjg-7r2w](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g2pr-qxjg-7r2w)
- [OSV: GHSA-g2pr-qxjg-7r2w](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-g2pr-qxjg-7r2w)
- <https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-g2pr-qxjg-7r2w>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25796>
- <https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/93ad259ce4f6d641eea0bee73f374af90f35efc3>
- <https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick>
- <https://github.com/dlemstra/Magick.NET/releases/tag/14.10.3>

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