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CVE-2026-86422

low

Description

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.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-7.1.2-30-path-policy-toctou-symlink-race

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-x8g2-7r3w-h44p

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-07

Updated: 2026-09-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v4

Base Score: 1

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00108