CVE-2026-86424

Low

Description

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the video decoder that allows attackers to bypass path policy write restrictions via symlink swaps. An attacker can replace a symlink between policy validation (check-time) and the file write operation (use-time) to write to policy-denied locations.

SeverityLow

CVSS2.5

Exploit probability—

ProductImagemagick

PublishedSep 7, 2026

First seenSep 7, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-59Improper link resolution

How to fix

Update

imagemagick imagemagick6.9.13-55, 7.1.2-30 or later

Vendor advisories

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-9x6f-98x9-rx6g

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
imagemagick imagemagick	v < 6.9.13-55, 7.0.0-0 ≤ v < 7.1.2-30	6.9.13-55, 7.1.2-30

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