CVE-2026-61858

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Policy Bypass via APNG encoder

State: Published
Severity: 4.8 Medium
Published: Jul 11, 2026
Updated: Oct 29, 2026
Reserved: Jul 10, 2026

Description

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a policy bypass vulnerability in the APNG encoder and external delegates due to missing validation checks. Attackers can write files to disallowed paths by bypassing configured policy restrictions through the APNG encoding process.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	4.8 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	3.3 Low	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ImageMagickImageMagick	7.0.0 to before 7.1.2-26Affected 7.1.2-26Not affected
ImageMagickImageMagick	before 6.9.13-51Affected 6.9.13-51Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-v3j6-27vc-7pw2)vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Policy Bypass via APNG encoderthird-party-advisory

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