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CVE-2026-106566: ImageMagick: Policy Bypass in delegate symlink cleanup due to missing check

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-07 · updated 2026-10-22
• Weakness: CWE-61

Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-32, delegate symlink cleanup does not check the MAGICK_SHRED_PASSES environment variable, allowing a local privileged workflow to overwrite a file with random data. This issue is fixed in version 7.1.2-32.

Affected products

• ImageMagick: before 7.1.2-32 — fixed in 7.1.2-32

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 7.1.2-32. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/48e5ce1779fc640a389f0020fd7d965d0c08236e
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/releases/tag/7.1.2-32
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-54hm-vrmh-75qj
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/11d2af00a948e9ca2919d9a8684d335a48484094
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/releases/tag/6.9.13-57

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