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.
Published: 2026-09-07
Score: 1 Low
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

History

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 Path Policy TOCTOU Symlink Race
First Time appeared Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
Weaknesses CWE-59
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'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'}


Subscriptions

Imagemagick Imagemagick
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-07T12:53:45.242Z

Reserved: 2026-09-07T12:33:13.368Z

Link: CVE-2026-86422

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-07T13:20:41.103

Modified: 2026-09-07T13:20:41.103

Link: CVE-2026-86422

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-07T17:00:10Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-59

    Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')