CVE-2026-56377 PUBLISHED

ImageMagick - Policy Bypass via Incorrect Path Validation

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 21.06.2026 Published: 30.06.2026 Updated: 01.07.2026

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-24 contains an incorrect policy check that allows attackers to create or truncate files disallowed by security policies. Remote attackers can bypass path policy restrictions in sandboxed conversion services to write arbitrary files outside intended boundaries.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 4.8

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	Low	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 3.3

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

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	ImageMagick
Product	ImageMagick
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 7.1.2-24 (excl.) Version 7.1.2-24 is unaffected

Vendor	ImageMagick
Product	ImageMagick
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 6.9.13-48 (excl.) Version 6.9.13-48 is unaffected

Credits

sondt99 reporter

References

Problem Types

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE