Symlink Attack Affecting imagemagick package, versions [0,]
Threat Intelligence
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- published8 Sept 2026
- disclosed7 Sept 2026
- creditgb1dev
Introduced: 7 Sep 2026
NewCVE-2026-86422 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via the path policy enforcement on Windows. An attacker can bypass read or write restrictions by exploiting a race condition involving symlink swapping between policy validation and file access.