CVE-2026-25966 PUBLISHED

ImageMagick's Security Policy Bypass through config/policy-secure.xml via "fd handler" leads to stdin/stdout access

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 09.02.2026 Published: 24.02.2026 Updated: 24.02.2026

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. The shipped "secure" security policy includes a rule intended to prevent reading/writing from standard streams. However, ImageMagick also supports fd:<n> pseudo-filenames (e.g., fd:0, fd:1). Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, this path form is not blocked by the secure policy templates, and therefore bypasses the protection goal of "no stdin/stdout." Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch by including a change to the more secure policies by default. As a workaround, add the change to one's security policy manually.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS Score: 5.9

Product Status

Vendor ImageMagick
Product ImageMagick
Versions
  • Version >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-15 is affected
  • Version < 6.9.13-40 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-284: Improper Access Control CWE