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Vulnerability · Published Mar 9, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-28689ImageMagick has a Path Policy TOCTOU symlink race bypass

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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 2% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.3% 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 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41, domain="path" authorization is checked before final file open/use. A symlink swap between check-time and use-time bypasses policy-denied read/write. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.23imagemagick7.1.2.17-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-28689
Alpine:v3.24imagemagick7.1.2.17-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-28689
Debian:12imagemagick8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u8DEBIAN-CVE-2026-28689
Debian:13imagemagick8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u7DEBIAN-CVE-2026-28689
Debian:13imagemagick8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u7DSA-6169-1
Debian:14imagemagick8:7.1.2.16+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-28689
NuGetmagick.net-q16-anycpu14.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q16-arm6414.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu14.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-arm6414.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm6414.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-x6414.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-x6414.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-x8614.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q16-openmp-arm6414.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q16-openmp-x6414.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q16-openmp-x8614.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q16-x6414.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q16-x8614.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q8-anycpu14.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q8-arm6414.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q8-openmp-arm6414.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q8-openmp-x6414.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q8-x6414.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
NuGetmagick.net-q8-x8614.10.4GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3
Ubuntu:25.10imagemagickno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-28689
Ubuntu:26.10imagemagickno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-28689

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
ImageMagick ImageMagick >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-16< 6.9.13-41

Weakness: CWE-59, CWE-367 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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