ImageMagick up to 6.9.13-47/7.1.2-23 path traversal

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in ImageMagick up to 6.9.13-47/7.1.2-23. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-56377. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in ImageMagick up to 6.9.13-47/7.1.2-23. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-56377 since 06/21/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 6.9.13-48 or 7.1.2-24 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Image Processing Software

Name

• ImageMagick

Version

• 6.9.13-47
• 7.1.2-23

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• open-source

Website

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

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