ImageMagick before 7.1.2-32 and 6.9.13-57 Security Policy Bypass via policy.xml DOCTYPE
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 7/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.11% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
- Fixed version: ImageMagick (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 7.1.2.32-1.1; ImageMagick (SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7) 7.1.1.43-150700.3.84.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.122.1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to ImageMagick (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 7.1.2.32-1.1; ImageMagick (SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7) 7.1.1.43-150700.3.84.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.122.1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
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.
- Published
- Oct 3, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 1th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-693
Report tools
Action score
7
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 7 / 40 · 1.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · VulnCheck
- 1.8
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
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
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| imagemagick | imagemagick | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- imagemagick imagemagickbefore 6.9.13-57
- imagemagick imagemagick7.0.0-0 and later · before 7.1.2-32
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulnCheck). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
ImageMagick ImageMagick
- 7.0.0-0 and later · before 7.1.2-32affected
- before 6.9.13-57affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | imagemagick | from 0 | — |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | ImageMagick | before 7.1.2.32-1.1 | 7.1.2.32-1.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 | ImageMagick | before 7.1.1.43-150700.3.84.1 | 7.1.1.43-150700.3.84.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 | ImageMagick | before 7.1.0.9-150400.6.122.1 | 7.1.0.9-150400.6.122.1 |
Same product
imagemagick: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2016-3714The (1) EPHEMERAL, (2) HTTPS, (3) MVG, (4) MSL, (5) TEXT, (6) SHOW, (7) WIN, and (8) PLT coders in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x beforKEV92Now
- CVE-2016-3718The (1) HTTP and (2) FTP coders in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1 allow remote attackers to conduct server-side request KEV75This week
- CVE-2016-3715The EPHEMERAL coder in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a crafted imKEV75This week
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-93590Sep 18, 2026 · ImageMagick before 7.1.2-31 Policy Bypass in UHDR encoder25Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-102635Sep 29, 2026 · ImageMagick before 7.1.2-32 and 6.9.13-57 Uninitialized Heap Memory Disclosure in GIF Decoder25Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-106564Oct 7, 2026 · ImageMagick: Heap Buffer Over-Write in EXR decoder21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| opensuse:ImageMagick | 7.1.2.32-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ImageMagick | 7.1.1.43-150700.3.84.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Published
- Fix recorded+7 d
- TodayOct 23, 2026+21 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Yanhaoxifinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
—
Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism FailureCVSS 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLsCAPEC-1likelihood: High · High
- Cross Site TracingCAPEC-107likelihood: Medium · Very High
- Directory IndexingCAPEC-127likelihood: High · Medium
- Using Malicious FilesCAPEC-17likelihood: High · Very High
- Encryption Brute ForcingCAPEC-20likelihood: Low · Low
- Exploiting Trust in ClientCAPEC-22likelihood: High · High
- Escaping a Sandbox by Calling Code in Another LanguageCAPEC-237likelihood: Low · Very High
- Using Unpublished Interfaces or FunctionalityCAPEC-36likelihood: Medium · High
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
- SSVC exploitation— → none
- Exploit maturity— → none
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References
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- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/7.1.2-31/MagickCore/policy.c#L1138-L1145
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/1926ccf119141c26274c120d1899dffae19b0c71
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/399d4bd3b081f44c7fef78153f65e8cdebed9f1a
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-jjp4-3fwf-393j
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/402ebc5353e569234908962cbdf451531ff66a57
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/da6022b2efe6cce8a2fd8f9e51188a45a3b9d558
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-7.1.2-32-and-6.9.13-57-security-policy-bypass-via-policy-xml-doctype
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.