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Fencer Vulns
low 3.3

CVE-2026-61858 json

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Policy Bypass via APNG encoder

published 2026-07-11 3 mo ago modified 2026-10-29 10 d ago also EUVD-2026-43187 , GHSA-26m2-2whw-vfv9 , GHSA-v3j6-27vc-7pw2 , JLSEC-2026-1064

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 15%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a policy bypass vulnerability in the APNG encoder and external delegates due to missing validation checks. Attackers can write files to disallowed paths by bypassing configured policy restrictions through the APNG encoding process.

Patch / fix

  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-x64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-x86 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q8-x64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q8-x86 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 14.15.0
  • julia ImageMagick_jll 7.1.2028+0
  • ImageMagick ImageMagick 6.9.13-51, 7.1.2-26
  • imagemagick Debian 12 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u13
  • imagemagick Debian 13 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u12
  • imagemagick Debian 14 8:7.1.2.26+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61858

  • 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

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

  • ImageMagick openSUSE Leap 16.0 7.1.2.0-160000.12.1
  • ImageMagick openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.1.2.27-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21391-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11273-1

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-2026-61858 updated cvss 3.3

ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Policy bypass allows unauthorized file writing via APNG encoder

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl
    affected: 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
3 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% 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
GitHub 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
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
OSV 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-arm64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-x64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-x86
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-arm64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-x64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-x86
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
julia ImageMagick_jll
<7.1.2028+0
7.1.2028+0

Affected products

  • ImageMagick ImageMagick

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization

References

Sources

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