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

CVE-2026-28689

ImageMagick has a Path Policy TOCTOU symlink race bypass PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
ImageMagick / ImageMagick	affected >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-16; affected < 6.9.13-41

CWE

CWE-59, CWE-367

References

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

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

No English description supplied.

No references supplied.