Symlink Attack Affecting magick.net-q16-arm64 package, versions [,14.17.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

CVSS assessment by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DOTNET-MAGICKNETQ16ARM64-19644019
  • published8 Sept 2026
  • disclosed7 Sept 2026
  • creditRex Liu

Introduced: 7 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-86424  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 to version 14.17.0 or higher.

Overview

Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 is a Magick.NET allows you can use ImageMagick without having to install ImageMagick on your server or desktop.

More information about specific builds see the [official docs] (https://github.com/dlemstra/Magick.NET/tree/main/docs)

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via the video decoder. An attacker can bypass write restrictions by exploiting a race condition involving symlink swaps between policy validation and file write operations.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1