CVE-2026-28689

ImageMagick has a Path Policy TOCTOU symlink race bypass

State: Published
Severity: 6.3 Medium
Published: Mar 9, 2026
Updated: Mar 11, 2026
Reserved: Mar 2, 2026

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ImageMagickImageMagick	>= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-16Affected < 6.9.13-41Affected

References

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3

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