Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Affecting ImageMagick/ImageMagick package, versions [,7.1.2-32)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-IMAGEMAGICKIMAGEMAGICK-20883054
  • published13 Oct 2026
  • disclosed12 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-109277  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-404  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ImageMagick/ImageMagick to version 7.1.2-32 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Resource Shutdown or Release via the -script operation due to improper file descriptor handling. An attacker can circumvent configured security policies by closing file descriptors not opened by the current operation.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1