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TI-2026-59130 Aliases CVE-2026-86422GHSA-66p9-q2qw-cpw8

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 Path Policy TOCTOU Symlink Race

Priority LOW 6CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use vulnerability in path policy enforcement on Windows that allows attackers to bypass read or write restrictions by exploiting symlink race conditions. Attackers can swap symlinks between policy validation and file access to read or write policy-denied files.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00132 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ImageMagick (ImageMagick): 7.1.2-30, 6.9.13-55

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ImageMagickImageMagick7.0.0 to before 7.1.2-307.1.2-30Patch availableCNA
ImageMagickImageMagickbefore 6.9.13-556.9.13-55Patch availableCNA
  • ImageMagick VendorImageMagick Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.1.2-30 Fixed in 7.1.2-30 Patch available CNA
  • ImageMagick VendorImageMagick Affected before 6.9.13-55 Fixed in 6.9.13-55 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 6.9.13-55; 7.0.0-0 to before 7.1.2-30VulnerableImageMagick
  • cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 6.9.13-55; 7.0.0-0 to before 7.1.2-30 Vulnerable ·ImageMagick

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA ImageMagick (ImageMagick) Fixed in 7.1.2-30
  • Fix · CNA ImageMagick (ImageMagick) Fixed in 6.9.13-55

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    ImageMagick 6.9.13-55, 7.1.2-30

    6 records Highest priority Priority LOW 6 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-59129 ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 Memory Leak via MSL decoderPriority LOW 28
    • TI-2026-59128 ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 Denial of Service Memory BudgetPriority LOW 28
    • TI-2026-59133 ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 Heap-use-after-free via LayerPriority LOW 21
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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-86422
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-66p9-q2qw-cpw8
  3. 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · CNA

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2016-03144 The (1) EPHEMERAL, (2) HTTPS, (3) MVG, (4) MSL, (5) TEXT, (6) SHOW, (7) WIN, and (8) PLT… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2023-16996 Improper input validation in ImageMagick CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-03148 The (1) HTTP and (2) FTP coders in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2016-03145 The EPHEMERAL coder in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1 allows remote… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2025-35690 ImageMagick BlobStream Forward-Seek Under-Allocation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-33094 ImageMagick has Stack Buffer Overflow in image.c CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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