🛡️ CVE-2026-61858 — imagemagick
Description
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a policy bypass vulnerability in the APNG encoder and external delegates due to missing validation checks. Attackers can write files to disallowed paths by bypassing configured policy restrictions through the APNG encoding process.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.
Weakness class
CVE-2026-61858 is classified as CWE-59: Link Following. The software follows symbolic or hard links without verifying their target, so a planted link can redirect an operation to a sensitive file.
Affected software
CVE-2026-61858 is recorded against 18 packages.
- imagemagick (from 7.0.0-0 up to 7.1.2-26)
- magick.net-q16-anycpu (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-arm64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-hdri-arm64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-hdri-x64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-hdri-x86 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-openmp-arm64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-openmp-x64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-x64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-x86 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q8-anycpu (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q8-arm64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q8-openmp-arm64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q8-openmp-x64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q8-x64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q8-x86 (fixed in 14.15.0)
Timeline and source
Published on 11 July 2026 and last revised on 14 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.
References
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| imagemagick | 7.0.0-0 | 7.1.2-26 |
| magick.net-q16-anycpu | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-arm64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-hdri-arm64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-hdri-x64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-hdri-x86 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-openmp-arm64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-openmp-x64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-x64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-x86 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q8-anycpu | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q8-arm64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q8-openmp-arm64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q8-openmp-x64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q8-x64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q8-x86 | — | 14.15.0 |
References
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