CVE-2026-46693

ImageMagick: Race Condition in distributed pixel cache server can result in file descriptor hijacking

State: Published
Severity: 4.1 Medium
Published: Jun 10, 2026
Updated: Jun 11, 2026
Reserved: May 15, 2026

Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-23, an attacker who can connect to a magick -distribute-cache service can hijack a file descriptor in the server process when a race condition is met. This issue has been patched in versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-23.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.1 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CWE-567 Unsynchronized Access to Shared Data in a Multithreaded Context

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ImageMagickImageMagick	< 6.9.13-48Affected < 7.1.2-23Affected

References

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-4g75-9r48-jf92

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