CVE-2026-93587: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-31 Policy Bypass via PCD decoder
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 19/100)
- 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: 0.12% (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 ImageMagick 6.9.13-56, 7.1.2-31.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Upgrade to ImageMagick ImageMagick 6.9.13-56, 7.1.2-31 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 7.1.2-31 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.
- Published
- Sep 18, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 29, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 1th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-400
Report tools
Action score
19
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 19 / 40 · 4.8 / 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
- 4.8
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
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
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 6.9.13-56
- imagemagick imagemagick7.0.0-0 and later · before 7.1.2-31
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
- 7.1.2-31, 6.9.13-56not affected
- 7.0.0 and later · before 7.1.2-31affected · semver
- before 6.9.13-56affected · semver
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 | before 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u14 | 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u14 |
| Debian:13 | imagemagick | before 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u13 | 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u13 |
| Debian:14 | imagemagick | before 8:7.1.2.31+dfsg1-1 | 8:7.1.2.31+dfsg1-1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | ImageMagick | before 7.1.2.0-160000.16.1 | 7.1.2.0-160000.16.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | ImageMagick | before 7.1.2.31-2.1 | 7.1.2.31-2.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | ImageMagick | before 7.1.1.21-150600.3.87.1 | 7.1.1.21-150600.3.87.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | ImageMagick | before 7.1.2.0-160000.16.1 | 7.1.2.0-160000.16.1 |
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-2026-86425Sep 7, 2026 · ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 Heap-use-after-free via Layer19Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-93586Sep 18, 2026 · ImageMagick before 7.1.2-31 Use After Free via ImagesToBlob8Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-93588Sep 18, 2026 · ImageMagick before 7.1.2-31 Null Pointer Dereference via PNM9Monitor
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ImageMagick ImageMagick | 6.9.13-56 | Vendor (CNA) |
| ImageMagick ImageMagick | 7.1.2-31 | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:imagemagick | 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u14 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:imagemagick | 8:7.1.2.31+dfsg1-1 · Debian:14 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:ImageMagick | 7.1.2.31-2.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ImageMagick | 7.1.1.21-150600.3.87.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ImageMagick | 7.1.2.0-160000.16.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | 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.
No dated events beyond publication.
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.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Yanhaoxireporter
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-46522100 days apartImageMagick: Infinite Loop in the MIFF decoder can lead to CPU exhaustion31Monitor
- CVE-2026-10656519 days apartImageMagick: Infinite Loop in bzip2 compressed images.30Monitor
- CVE-2026-10657319 days apartImageMagick: Denial of service in MVG decoder30Monitor
- CVE-2026-10657619 days apartImageMagick: Denial of service possible when parsing an XMP profile.30Monitor
- CVE-2026-24485207 days apartImageMagick: Infinite loop vulnerability when parsing a PCD file30Monitor
- CVE-2026-26066207 days apartImageMagick has infinite loop when writing IPTCTEXT leads to denial of service via crafted profile30Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-26-1138 · Sep 21, 2026(ImageMagick Güvenlik Zafiyeti)
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-400 · Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCVSS 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/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
Root cause
Code that parses nested structures sets no depth or size limit. A small input can turn into a disproportionate processing load.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-400 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
function expand(node) {
return node.children.map(expand);
}Fixed
const MAX_DEPTH = 32;
function expand(node, depth = 0) {
if (depth > MAX_DEPTH) throw new Error("too deep");
return node.children.map((c) => expand(c, depth + 1));
}Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.