Vulnerability · Published Jul 1, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-55628ImageMagick: Policy Bypass in concatenate operation due to missing checks
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization 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 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions prior to 7.1.2-26he, the `-concatenate` operation is missing policy checks, potentially resulting in both reading and writing to paths disallowed by the security policy. This issue has been fixed in version 7.1.2-26.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.23 | imagemagick | 7.1.2.27-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-55628 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | imagemagick | 7.1.2.27-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-55628 |
| Debian:12 | imagemagick | 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u12 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55628 |
| Debian:13 | imagemagick | 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u11 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55628 |
| Debian:14 | imagemagick | 8:7.1.2.26+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55628 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-anycpu | 14.15.0 | GHSA-82mp-vp5c-9pf7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-82mp-vp5c-9pf7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu | 14.15.0 | GHSA-82mp-vp5c-9pf7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-82mp-vp5c-9pf7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-82mp-vp5c-9pf7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-x64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-82mp-vp5c-9pf7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-x86 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-82mp-vp5c-9pf7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-openmp-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-82mp-vp5c-9pf7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-openmp-x64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-82mp-vp5c-9pf7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-x64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-82mp-vp5c-9pf7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-x86 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-82mp-vp5c-9pf7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-anycpu | 14.15.0 | GHSA-82mp-vp5c-9pf7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-82mp-vp5c-9pf7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-openmp-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-82mp-vp5c-9pf7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-openmp-x64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-82mp-vp5c-9pf7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-x64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-82mp-vp5c-9pf7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-x86 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-82mp-vp5c-9pf7 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | imagemagick | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-55628 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | imagemagick | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-55628 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ImageMagick | ImageMagick | < 7.1.2-26 |
Weakness: CWE-73, CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H