CVE-2026-86422 PUBLISHED

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 Path Policy TOCTOU Symlink Race

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 07.09.2026 Published: 07.09.2026 Updated: 07.09.2026

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use vulnerability in path policy enforcement on Windows that allows attackers to bypass read or write restrictions by exploiting symlink race conditions. Attackers can swap symlinks between policy validation and file access to read or write policy-denied files.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 1

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

CVSS 4.0

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

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

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	ImageMagick
Product	ImageMagick
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 7.1.2-30 (excl.) Version 7.1.2-30 is unaffected

Vendor	ImageMagick
Product	ImageMagick
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 6.9.13-55 (excl.) Version 6.9.13-55 is unaffected

CVE-2026-86422 PUBLISHED

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 Path Policy TOCTOU Symlink Race

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