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Medium · 4.0 CVE-2026-106566 EUVD-2026-94381

ImageMagick: Policy Bypass in delegate symlink cleanup due to missing check

Published Oct 7, 2026 · Updated Oct 7, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-32, delegate symlink cleanup does not check the MAGICK_SHRED_PASSES environment variable, allowing a local privileged workflow to overwrite a file with random data. This issue is fixed in version 7.1.2-32.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ImageMagick ImageMagick < 6.9.13-57, >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-32 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 imagemagick 8:7.1.2.33+dfsg1-1 —
Debian 13 imagemagick 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u13 —
Debian 12 imagemagick 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u14 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 imagemagick No fix yet —
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS imagemagick No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS imagemagick No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS imagemagick No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS imagemagick No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS imagemagick No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS imagemagick No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS imagemagick No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 ImageMagick 7.1.0.9-150400.6.122.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4799-1, SUSE-SU-2026:4691-1
SLES 15 SP6 ImageMagick 7.1.0.9-150400.6.122.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4799-1
SLES 15 SP5 ImageMagick 7.1.0.9-150400.6.122.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4799-1
SLES 15 SP4 ImageMagick 7.1.0.9-150400.6.122.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4799-1
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 ImageMagick 7.1.0.9-150400.6.122.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4799-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 ImageMagick 7.1.0.9-150400.6.122.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4799-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 ImageMagick 7.1.0.9-150400.6.122.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4799-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 ImageMagick 7.1.0.9-150400.6.122.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4799-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 ImageMagick 7.1.0.9-150400.6.122.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4799-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed ImageMagick 7.1.2.32-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:12078-1

Advisories 4

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