ImageMagick up to 6.9.13-47/7.1.2-22 Magick -distribute-cache Service race condition

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A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick up to 6.9.13-47/7.1.2-22. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Magick -distribute-cache Service. Such manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-46693. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick up to 6.9.13-47/7.1.2-22 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Magick -distribute-cache Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-23, an attacker who can connect to a magick -distribute-cache service can hijack a file descriptor in the server process when a race condition is met. This issue has been patched in versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-23.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-46693 since 05/16/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 6.9.13-48 or 7.1.2-23 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Image Processing Software

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• ImageMagick

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• 6.9.13-47
• 7.1.2-22

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.imagemagick.org/

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