2.5Low

Imagemagick Imagemagick

CVE-2026-86424

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the video decoder that allows attackers to bypass path policy write restrictions via symlink swaps. An attacker can replace a symlink between policy validation (check-time) and the file write operation (use-time) to write to policy-denied locations.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Imagemagick. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Imagemagick, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
2.5 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4
2.0
Weakness
CWE-59
Assigned by
disclosure@vulncheck.com

Dates

Published
2026-09-07
Last modified
2026-09-09
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Imagemagick Imagemagick- 6.9.13-55, 7.0.0-0 - 7.1.2-30

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References