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CVE-2026-86424: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 Path Traversal via TOCTOU Symlink Race

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.5 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: 2026-09-07 · updated 2026-10-29
• Weakness: CWE-59

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.

Affected products

• ImageMagick: before 6.9.13-55; from 7.0.0-0 before 7.1.2-30 — fixed in 6.9.13-55, 7.1.2-30
• ImageMagick: from 7.0.0 before 7.1.2-30 — fixed in 7.1.2-30

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.13-55, 7.1.2-30; ImageMagick 7.1.2-30. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-9x6f-98x9-rx6g
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-7.1.2-30-path-traversal-via-toctou-symlink-race

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