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CVE-2026-109274: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-32 TOCTOU Symlink Race Path Policy Bypass via magick script

LowCVSS 2.0 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 8/100)

  • 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: 0.13% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: imagemagick (Debian:13) 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u14; imagemagick (Debian:14) 8:7.1.2.33+dfsg1-1; ImageMagick (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 7.1.2.34-1.1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to imagemagick (Debian:13) 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u14; imagemagick (Debian:14) 8:7.1.2.33+dfsg1-1; ImageMagick (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 7.1.2.34-1.1 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 contains a time-of-check time-of-use symlink race vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass the path security policy when executing a magick script. Attackers can swap a checked path with a symlink during script execution to read files that the security policy is meant to block.

Published
Oct 12, 2026
Updated
Nov 3, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 2th percentile

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Action score

8

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
8 / 40 · 2.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · VulnCheck
2.0
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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Affected systems

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imagemagickimagemagick

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

    • 7.1.2-32not affected
    • 7.0.0-0 and later · before 7.1.2-32affected

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • imagemagick imagemagick7.0.0-0 and later · before 7.1.2-32

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:13imagemagickbefore 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u148:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u14
Debian:14imagemagickbefore 8:7.1.2.33+dfsg1-18:7.1.2.33+dfsg1-1
openSUSE:TumbleweedImageMagickbefore 7.1.2.34-1.17.1.2.34-1.1

Same product

imagemagick: all records

Other 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…KEV
    92Now
  • 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…KEV
    75This 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…KEV
    75This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-109272Oct 12, 2026 · ImageMagick 7.1.1-31 before 7.1.2-32 Null Pointer Dereference in PostScript Decoder
    25Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-109273Oct 12, 2026 · ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 Information Disclosure in PostScript Decoder
    27Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-109275Oct 12, 2026 · ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 Code Injection via MVG Decoder
    25Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:imagemagick8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u14 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)
debian:imagemagick8:7.1.2.33+dfsg1-1 · Debian:14Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:ImageMagick7.1.2.34-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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  1. Published
  2. Fix recorded+7 d
  3. TodayNov 13, 2026+32 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-28689216 days apartImageMagick has a Path Policy TOCTOU symlink race bypass
    25Monitor
  • CVE-2026-6185989 days apartImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Policy Bypass via script operation
    19Monitor
  • CVE-2026-6185893 days apartImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Policy Bypass via APNG encoder
    19Monitor
  • CVE-2026-1050810 days apartImageMagick before 7.1.2-33 Policy Bypass via Symlink in IsRightsAuthorizedByName
    8Monitor
  • CVE-2026-8642435 days apartImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 Path Traversal via TOCTOU Symlink Race
    8Monitor
  • CVE-2026-8642235 days apartImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 Path Policy TOCTOU Symlink Race
    4Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/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

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Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓
  2. SSVC exploitation— → none
  3. Exploit maturity— → none

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References

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