CVE-2026-86422

Summary

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use vulnerability in path policy enforcement on Windows that allows attackers to bypass read or write restrictions by exploiting symlink race conditions. Attackers can swap symlinks between policy validation and file access to read or write policy-denied files.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
ImageMagickImageMagick0 < 7.1.2-30affected
ImageMagickImageMagick7.1.2-30unaffected
ImageMagickImageMagick0 < 6.9.13-55affected
ImageMagickImageMagick6.9.13-55unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

References