{"id":"CVE-2026-86424","title":"ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the video decoder that allows attackers to bypass path policy write restrictions via symlink swaps","summary":"ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the video decoder that allows attackers to bypass path policy write restrictions via symlink swaps. An attacker can replace a symlin…","severity":"low","cvss":2.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-59","CWE-367"],"vendor":"imagemagick","product":"imagemagick","affected":["imagemagick < 6.9.13-55","imagemagick >= 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-30"],"patched":["imagemagick 7.1.2-30"],"published":"2026-09-07","updated":"2026-09-19","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-19T15:17:06.227","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86424","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-9x6f-98x9-rx6g","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-7.1.2-30-path-traversal-via-toctou-symlink-race","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-86424.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-86424"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2529434"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-86424"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86424"}],"tags":["nvd","csaf","vex","red-hat","cve.org"],"epss":0.00141,"epssPercentile":0.02778,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-18T17:41:40.830618Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-08T20:10:03.179Z","slug":"CVE-2026-86424","body":"## Overview\n\nImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the video decoder that allows attackers to bypass path policy write restrictions via symlink swaps. An attacker can replace a symlink between policy validation (check-time) and the file write operation (use-time) to write to policy-denied locations.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `imagemagick < 6.9.13-55`\n- `imagemagick >= 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-30`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `imagemagick 7.1.2-30`\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · updated 2026-09-08 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-86424.json)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":14,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":13.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}