ImageMagick before 7.1.2-32 and 6.9.13-57 contains a policy bypass vulnerability in LoadPolicyCache that silently skips security policy rules when policy.xml uses an alternate DOCTYPE. A valid DOCTYPE not ending in ']>' makes the parser consume the rest of the file, so no policy rules are applied and restricted operations become allowed.
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/da6022b2efe6cce8a2fd8f9e51188a45a3b9d558
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/402ebc5353e569234908962cbdf451531ff66a57
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-jjp4-3fwf-393j
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/399d4bd3b081f44c7fef78153f65e8cdebed9f1a
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/1926ccf119141c26274c120d1899dffae19b0c71
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/7.1.2-31/MagickCore/policy.c#L1138-L1145
Published: 2026-10-03
Updated: 2026-10-03
Base Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: Low
Base Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Severity: Low
Base Score: 1.8
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: Low
EPSS: 0.00117