CVE-2026-109279
What it is
ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 lacks proper synchronization when the security policy is accessed, so simultaneous reads and writes of the policy by multiple threads trigger a race condition that causes a heap buffer over-write. An attacker able to induce concurrent security policy access can crash the application, causing a denial of service.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.1% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 2.0 LOW (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.1% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-362 · Race condition
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Imagemagick < 6.9.13-57
- Imagemagick < 7.1.2-32
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 2.0
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/12db6f04e895deae4537ead10c771a244607794a
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-8x3v-wr32-qqh4
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/9ddc71abea5cbe7d18164fa0f0077a105cab514f
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-6.9.13-57-and-7-x-before-7.1.2-32-heap-buffer-overflow-via-concurrent-security-policy-access
References
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/12db6f04e895deae4537ead10c771a244607794a
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-8x3v-wr32-qqh4
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/9ddc71abea5cbe7d18164fa0f0077a105cab514f
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-6.9.13-57-and-7-x-before-7.1.2-32-heap-buffer-overflow-via-concurrent-security-policy-access