🛡️ CVE-2026-61858 on Debian — imagemagick

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

N/A

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-61858 as tracked by Debian, for the package imagemagick. The fix is available in version 8:7.1.2.26+dfsg1-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no 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

DEBIAN-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

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61858 is recorded against 1 package.

imagemagick (fixed in 8:7.1.2.26+dfsg1-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 11 July 2026 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2026-07-11

Updated 2026-08-20

Modified 2026-08-04

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
imagemagick	—	8:7.1.2.26+dfsg1-1

References

ADVISORY https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-61858

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