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CVE-2026-109274

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ImageMagick before 7.1.2-32 contains a time-of-check time-of-use symlink race vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass the path security policy when execu…

Vendor / product: Imagemagick — imagemagick

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-32 contains a time-of-check time-of-use symlink race vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass the path security policy when executing a magick script. Attackers can swap a checked path with a symlink during script execution to read files that the security policy is meant to block.

CVSS
2.5
2.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-12 17:17
Modified: 2026-11-03 18:26
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 18:50 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

imagemagick / imagemagick ≥7.0.0-0 <7.1.2-32

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-7q74-r26w-fwcx
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/9e789499e67dbf5c4ee9fe1b72690738c799ec73
Patch / mitigation: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-7.1.2-32-toctou-symlink-race-path-policy-bypass-via-magick-script

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 18:50 UTC · record ↗

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