Vulnerability · Published Oct 11, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-108693ImageMagick through 7.1.2-33 and 6.9.13-58 Uncontrolled Search Path via Ghostscript Delegate
High 7.0
In plain English
A high-severity uncontrolled search path in ImageMagick from ImageMagick. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
ImageMagick on Windows through 7.1.2-33 and 6.9.13-58 contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability in NTGhostscriptEXE() that launches gswin64c.exe by bare name when Ghostscript is unregistered. Attackers can plant a malicious gswin64c.exe in the working directory to execute code with ImageMagick privileges when PDF, PostScript, or EPS files are converted.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ImageMagick | ImageMagick | 7.0.0-0 – through 7.1.2-330 – through 6.9.13-58 |
Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://github.com/ghostx-86/exploitarium/tree/main/imagemagick-gs-delegate-hijack-poc exploit
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/211e5b975a0019a88dcef5f84c1193f46738d815/MagickCore/nt-base.c#L1469-L1511 technical-description
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/211e5b975a0019a88dcef5f84c1193f46738d815/MagickCore/nt-base.c#L2829-L2832 technical-description
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick product
- VulnCheck Advisory: ImageMagick through 7.1.2-33 and 6.9.13-58 Uncontrolled Search Path via Ghostscript Delegate third-party-advisory