CVE-2026-25966

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. The shipped "secure" security policy includes a rule intended to prevent reading/writing from standard streams. However, ImageMagick also supports fd:<n> pseudo-filenames (e.g., fd:0, fd:1). Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, this path form is not blocked by the secure policy templates, and therefore bypasses the protection goal of "no stdin/stdout." Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch by including a change to the more secure policies by default. As a workaround, add the change to one's security policy manually.

CVSS v3 5.9 MEDIUM

5.9^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.5 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-xwc6-v6g8-pw2h	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-02-24 02:16

Updated : 2026-02-25 11:59

NVD link : CVE-2026-25966

Mitre link : CVE-2026-25966

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-25966

JSON object : View

Products Affected

imagemagick

imagemagick

CWE

CWE-284

Improper Access Control

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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