Symlink Attack Affecting ImageMagick/ImageMagick package, versions [,7.1.2-32)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-IMAGEMAGICKIMAGEMAGICK-20883114
  • published13 Oct 2026
  • disclosed12 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-109274  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (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 Symlink Attack in the magick script. An attacker can access files protected by the path security policy by exploiting a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition, swapping a checked path with a symlink during script execution.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1