ImageMagick - Policy Bypass via Incorrect Path Validation

published 2026-06-30 4 mo ago modified 2026-10-29 10 d ago also EUVD-2026-40450 , GHSA-r8hq-c3qh-xq9j , JLSEC-2026-1058

cvss: 3.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
public exploits: 0; none known

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-24 contains an incorrect policy check that allows attackers to create or truncate files disallowed by security policies. Remote attackers can bypass path policy restrictions in sandboxed conversion services to write arbitrary files outside intended boundaries.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 distros 3

julia ImageMagick_jll 7.1.2028+0
ImageMagick ImageMagick 6.9.13-48, 7.1.2-24

debian suse opensuse

imagemagick Debian 12 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u12
imagemagick Debian 13 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u11
imagemagick Debian 14 8:7.1.2.24+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-56377

ImageMagick SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1
ImageMagick SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 7.1.2.0-160000.12.1
ImageMagick SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
ImageMagick SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 6.8.8.1-71.264.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:3219-1 SUSE-SU-2026:3194-1 SUSE-SU-2026:3193-1 SUSE-SU-2026:3192-1 SUSE-SU-2026:22829-1

ImageMagick openSUSE Leap 16.0 7.1.2.0-160000.12.1
ImageMagick openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.1.2.27-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21391-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11228-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-56377 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 3.3

Imagemagick: ImageMagick - Policy Bypass via Incorrect Path Validation

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl
affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 4 mo ago (2026-07-01)

Exploit prediction

0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	4.8	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	3.1	3.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA	4.0	4.8	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/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
OSV	3.1	3.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
julia	ImageMagick_jll	<7.1.2028+0	7.1.2028+0

Affected products

ImageMagick ImageMagick

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

github.com /ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-gm48-c7f2-v67p
vendor-advisory, web
vulncheck.com /advisories/imagemagick-policy-bypass-via-incorrect-path-validation
third-party-advisory, web
github.com /advisories/GHSA-r8hq-c3qh-xq9j
web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56377
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary