Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-31 and 6.9.13-56, a crafted image can bypass an ImageMagick security policy that uses coder as its domain, potentially allowing data prohibited by the policy to be read. This issue is fixed in versions 7.1.2-31 and 6.9.13-56.
Published: 2026-10-07
Score: 6.2 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Policy Bypass that allows unauthorized reading of prohibited data
Action: Patch Immediately
AI Analysis

Impact

ImageMagick can be tricked into processing a crafted image that bypasses a security policy when the policy uses the 'coder' keyword as its domain. This flaw means the image processing engine may read files or data that the policy explicitly forbids, compromising confidentiality. The weakness is classified as CWE-551 and CWE-552.

Affected Systems

The vulnerability affects the main ImageMagick project prior to release 7.1.2-31 for the 7.x series and prior to 6.9.13-56 for the 6.x series. Systems running these older versions should update to the mentioned releases or newer. No other products or specific versions were listed as affected.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 6.2 indicates moderate severity. Since the EPSS score is not available and the CVE is not in the CISA KEV catalog, there is no public evidence of active exploitation, but the attack vector is likely via a crafted image file that an attacker can supply to the vulnerable installation. The vulnerability is exploitable when an attacker can supply image input to the ImageMagick engine, and no special conditions beyond the presence of the policy you described are required.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 8, 2026 at 13:58 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade ImageMagick to version 7.1.2-31 or newer, or to 6.9.13-56 or newer.
  • Temporarily edit the ImageMagick policy file (policy.xml) to remove or disable any 'coder' domain entries or enforce stricter access controls that prevent the bypass from occurring.
  • Relocate or restrict processing of untrusted images by sandboxing the ImageMagick process or blocking image ingestion from external sources until a patch is applied.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 8, 2026 at 13:58 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4858-1 imagemagick security update
History

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-552
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
Vendors & Products Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-31 and 6.9.13-56, a crafted image can bypass an ImageMagick security policy that uses coder as its domain, potentially allowing data prohibited by the policy to be read. This issue is fixed in versions 7.1.2-31 and 6.9.13-56.
Title ImageMagick: Policy Bypass when using coder as the domain.
Weaknesses CWE-551
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Imagemagick Imagemagick
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T17:42:00.656Z

Reserved: 2026-10-06T20:31:59.018Z

Link: CVE-2026-106579

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T17:41:54.044Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-07T16:17:44.380

Modified: 2026-10-21T15:58:51.333

Link: CVE-2026-106579

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-07T15:45:06Z

Links: CVE-2026-106579 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-08T14:00:05Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-551

    Incorrect Behavior Order: Authorization Before Parsing and Canonicalization

  • CWE-552

    Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties