CVE-2026-46693 PUBLISHED

ImageMagick: Race Condition in distributed pixel cache server can result in file descriptor hijacking

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 15.05.2026 Published: 10.06.2026 Updated: 11.06.2026

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-23, an attacker who can connect to a magick -distribute-cache service can hijack a file descriptor in the server process when a race condition is met. This issue has been patched in versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-23.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.1

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	High	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	High	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	ImageMagick
Product	ImageMagick
Versions	Version < 6.9.13-48 is affected Version < 7.1.2-23 is affected

References

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-4g75-9r48-jf92

Problem Types

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') CWE
CWE-567: Unsynchronized Access to Shared Data in a Multithreaded Context CWE