Vulnerability · Published Jun 10, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-49219ImageMagick: Policy Bypass can read disallowed files

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in ImageMagick from ImageMagick. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-24, an incorrect parsing of the filename can result in a policy bypass and read files disallowed by a security policy using a symlink. This issue has been patched in versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-24.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.23imagemagick7.1.2.24-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-49219
Alpine:v3.24imagemagick7.1.2.24-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-49219
Debian:13imagemagick8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u10DEBIAN-CVE-2026-49219
Debian:14imagemagick8:7.1.2.24+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-49219
NuGetmagick.net-q16-anycpu14.14.0GHSA-xcjm-wqff-m669
NuGetmagick.net-q16-arm6414.14.0GHSA-xcjm-wqff-m669
NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu14.14.0GHSA-xcjm-wqff-m669
NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-arm6414.14.0GHSA-xcjm-wqff-m669
NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm6414.14.0GHSA-xcjm-wqff-m669
NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-x6414.14.0GHSA-xcjm-wqff-m669
NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-x8614.14.0GHSA-xcjm-wqff-m669
NuGetmagick.net-q16-openmp-arm6414.14.0GHSA-xcjm-wqff-m669
NuGetmagick.net-q16-openmp-x6414.14.0GHSA-xcjm-wqff-m669
NuGetmagick.net-q16-x6414.14.0GHSA-xcjm-wqff-m669
NuGetmagick.net-q16-x8614.14.0GHSA-xcjm-wqff-m669
NuGetmagick.net-q8-anycpu14.14.0GHSA-xcjm-wqff-m669
NuGetmagick.net-q8-arm6414.14.0GHSA-xcjm-wqff-m669
NuGetmagick.net-q8-openmp-arm6414.14.0GHSA-xcjm-wqff-m669
NuGetmagick.net-q8-openmp-x6414.14.0GHSA-xcjm-wqff-m669
NuGetmagick.net-q8-x6414.14.0GHSA-xcjm-wqff-m669
NuGetmagick.net-q8-x8614.14.0GHSA-xcjm-wqff-m669
Ubuntu:25.10imagemagickno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-49219
Ubuntu:26.10imagemagickno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-49219

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
ImageMagick ImageMagick < 6.9.13-48< 7.1.2-24

Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-78, CWE-200, CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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