ImageMagick up to 7.1.2-27 Path Policy Enforcement race condition

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in ImageMagick. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Path Policy Enforcement. The manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-86422. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown part of the component Path Policy Enforcement. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-86422 since 09/07/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 7.1.2-30 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Image Processing Software

Name

• ImageMagick

Version

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License

• open-source

Website

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

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