ImageMagick up to 7.1.2-31 Script Execution toctou

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in ImageMagick and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Script Execution. This manipulation causes toctou. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-109274. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Script Execution. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a toctou vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-367. The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-32 contains a time-of-check time-of-use symlink race vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass the path security policy when executing a magick script. Attackers can swap a checked path with a symlink during script execution to read files that the security policy is meant to block.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-109274 since 10/12/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 7.1.2-32 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Image Processing Software

Name

• ImageMagick

Version

• 1.1.7
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.3.3
• 5.3.8
• 5.4
• 5.4.3
• 5.4.4
• 5.4.4.5
• 5.4.7
• 5.4.8
• 5.4.8.2.1.1.0
• 5.5
• 5.5.3.2.1.2.0
• 5.5.4
• 5.5.6
• 5.5.6.0 2003-04-09
• 5.5.7
• 5.5.7.31
• 6
• 6.0
• 6.0.0.7
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.1.4
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.2.5
• 6.0.2.7
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.3.5
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.4.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.5.3
• 6.0.6
• 6.0.6.1
• 6.0.6.2
• 6.0.7
• 6.0.8
• 6.1
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1.6
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.2
• 6.2.0.4
• 6.2.0.7
• 6.2.0.8
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.1.7
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.2.3
• 6.2.2.5
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.3.6
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.4.2-r1
• 6.2.4.5
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6
• 6.2.7
• 6.2.8
• 6.2.9
• 6.3.0.0
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• 6.3.5-9
• 6.5.2-8
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• 6.6.0-4
• 6.7.8-0
• 6.7.8-1
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• 6.8.9.9-4
• 6.9.0-4 Beta
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• 6.9.1-3
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• 6.9.9-24
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• 6.9.10-68
• 6.9.10-69
• 6.9.11-0
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• 6.9.12
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• 6.9.12-91
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• 6.9.13-58
• 7
• 7.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.1-0
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• 7.0.3-6
• 7.0.3-8
• 7.0.3.0
• 7.0.3.7
• 7.0.3.8
• 7.0.4-3
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• 7.0.4-9
• 7.0.4.9
• 7.0.5-0
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• 7.0.5-4
• 7.0.5-5
• 7.0.5-6
• 7.0.5-6 Q16
• 7.0.5-7
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• 7.0.6
• 7.0.6-0
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• 7.0.8-8
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• 7.0.8-11
• 7.0.8-11 Q16
• 7.0.8-13
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• 7.0.8-16
• 7.0.8-25
• 7.0.8-26 Q16
• 7.0.8-32
• 7.0.8-34
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• 7.0.8-36 Q16
• 7.0.8-40
• 7.0.8-40 Q16
• 7.0.8-41
• 7.0.8-41 Q16
• 7.0.8-42
• 7.0.8-43
• 7.0.8-43 Q16
• 7.0.8-50 Q16
• 7.0.8-54
• 7.0.8-54 Q16
• 7.0.8-55
• 7.0.8-62
• 7.0.8-67
• 7.0.8-68
• 7.0.8-69
• 7.0.9
• 7.0.9-0
• 7.0.9-7 Q16
• 7.0.10
• 7.0.10-0
• 7.0.10-7
• 7.0.10-31
• 7.0.10-34
• 7.0.10-39
• 7.0.10-40
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• 7.0.10-56
• 7.0.11
• 7.0.11-5
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• 7.1.0-4
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• 7.1.0-7
• 7.1.0-14
• 7.1.0-27
• 7.1.0-30
• 7.1.0-49
• 7.1.1
• 7.1.1-7
• 7.1.1-14
• 7.1.1-44
• 7.1.2-0
• 7.1.2-1
• 7.1.2-2
• 7.1.2-6
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• 7.1.2-31

License

• open-source

Website

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

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