ImageMagick before 7.1.2-31 and before 6.9.13-56 contains a policy bypass in the PCD (and, per the upstream advisory, CUBE and HALD) coder: when a specific command line option is supplied, the decoder does not check a configured resource limit, which can result in extra memory allocation. A local user able to pass command line options to ImageMagick can therefore exceed the intended memory policy limit, causing a limited availability impact. The issue is fixed in 7.1.2-31 and 6.9.13-56.
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-7.1.2-31-policy-bypass-via-pcd-decoder
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-89wq-f8f6-2j2v
Published: 2026-09-18
Updated: 2026-09-18
Base Score: 1.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: Low
Base Score: 3.3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity: Low
Base Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00114